It has been a long, long time since I've appointed new sheriffs. Usually, I try to do it at about the same time we get in new bartenders. But ... well ... I didn't. Twice! I'm such a slacker.
About eight months ago I put together a list and picked five ... I thought five was too many at once, and surely there were two or three that stood out above the rest. As I tried to research it more, I got distracted and forgot about it.
Well, now I've done the research, and I've decided that with this much time having passed, five is not too many.
As I look back on the history and the contributions of these five, I am embarrassed that I didn't promote them sooner. In fact, there were a couple of times I already thought I had promoted them!
Today, I hereby officially promote these fine folks to the rank of JavaRanch sheriff:
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Marc Weber
Pauline McNamara
Marc Peabody
Bert Bates
Ben Souther
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Y'all need to update your stuff on the contact page!