Gregory Freeman: Greggy Awards Go To The Most Unforgetable. 12/30/1997

Headline: GREGGY AWARDS GO TO THE MOST UNFORGETABLE
Reporter: By Gregory Freeman

Publication: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Last Printed: Tue., Dec. 30, 1997
Section: METRO, Page: B1, Edition: FIVE STAR LIFT

The year that was
The year 1997 is drawing to a close, probably a good thing for many of those who said or did things this year that they'd rather us forget about. But before we sing "Auld Lang Syne, " here's one more reminder, the first annual Greggy awards:

Oh, getting out of prison was nice, too: Nelson Mandela says that meeting the Spice Girls was one of the best things that ever happened in his life.
Thanks for sharing: In her new book, "The Other Woman, " about ex-boyfriend O.J. Simpson, Paula Barbieri writes: "O.J. was hardly the sexual Superman the world may have assumed."
Poor Michael: Michael Jackson, who regularly criticizes the paparazzi for not letting him have his privacy, sells pictures of his baby to tabloid newspapers for $3 million. He says he had to do so because some unsavory person had been trying to sell pictures of a baby who wasn't the real Baby Jackson. "They're forcing me, " he says.
Just like nose rings: As preparations for the Miss America pageant get underway, Miss Tennessee Lanna Keck garners attention by announcing a new trend: "Virginity's an idea that's catching on."
Now she's out of her tree: Michelle Tribout, a Belleville mother of three, is sent up a tree - literally - as she holes up in a backyard treehouse because of her children's behavior. Tribout vows not to come down until some changes are made in her household. As the result of her strike, her children apologize and sign a list promising to do eight things, including remembering that "We are the kids, you are the parents."
Did he mean Clarence Harmon or the Post-Dispatch? Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr., battered by the news media and criticized by political opponent Clarence Harmon during a heated mayoral campaign, quotes Ephesians in the Bible, telling his backers to "put on your breastplate of righteousness" to "protect you against the wiles of the evil one."
He's still available, by the way: In what has to qualify as the most unusual stunt of the political season, St. Louis mayoral candidate Bill Haas takes out an ad for a "financially secure wife" to help him finance his campaign.
Go stand in the corner, young man: After getting elected to the St. Louis School Board, Haas tells reporters that he wants the district to distribute condoms to teen-age students and show students how to use them correctly. That causes a flurry of "harumphs" from other School Board members and forces board President Hattie Jackson to issue a statement saying that she alone can speak for the board.
It's tough being a politician: In an interview with the Post-Dispatch, Mayor Clarence Harmon says he has not been "formally asked" to endorse Jay Nixon for the Senate seat held by Sen. Kit Bond or to co-sponsor a fund-raiser for him. Hours later, his political consultant, Judi Roman, says he had misunderstood the questions and stands by an earlier statement endorsing Nixon and agreeing to co-host the fund-raiser. Then, Bond's administrative aide, David Israelite, says the mayor has told Bond that he's "sticking with his original comments" that he hadn't been formally asked to endorse or support Nixon. Finally Harmon says he is indeed endorsing Nixon.
And the coffee here is so good: In an article about a three-day visit to Seattle by civic leaders from St. Louis, a reporter from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes: "Asked what he learned this week about downtown revitalization, the county's chief executive, Buzz Westfall, replied, `That's his (Harmon's) problem, not mine.' "
I'll be home late, honey, I've been attacked: Bennie Casson of Belleville files suit, claiming a dancer at PT's Show Club in Sauget "attacked" him "by slamming her breasts into his neck and head region." The dancer, who performs under the stage name Busty Hart, claims to have the biggest breasts in the exotic entertainment industry. Casson accuses her of assault and battery and wants $50,000 on each allegation

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