[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 214 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 214

 Commending the Grand Forks Herald for its public service to the Grand 
              Forks area and receipt of a Pulitzer Prize.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 1998

 Mr. Conrad (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
Hagel, and Mr. Moynihan) submitted the following resolution; which was 
                        considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending the Grand Forks Herald for its public service to the Grand 
              Forks area and receipt of a Pulitzer Prize.

Whereas the residents of the Grand Forks area in North Dakota and Minnesota 
        experienced the most devastating floods in 500 years during April 1997;
Whereas more than 50,000 residents of the Red River Valley area were severely 
        displaced for months by the flooding;
Whereas the offices of the Grand Forks Herald, whose newspaper has a daily 
        circulation of 37,000, were displaced by the floods and moved to various 
        locations to publish the newspaper, including the University of North 
        Dakota and Manvel Elementary School, and the paper was printed by the 
        St. Paul Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minnesota, to enable the paper to 
        maintain continuous publication;
Whereas the Grand Forks Herald publisher Mike Maidenberg, editor Mike Jacobs, 
        and more than 70 staff members, whose lives were turned upside down by 
        the floods, never failed to publish an edition of the newspaper during 
        the floods, sometimes hitting a circulation of 117,000 and keeping the 
        community together even though the paper's facilities were totally 
        destroyed;
Whereas the Grand Forks Herald was honored with journalism's most prestigious 
        award, the Pulitzer Prize for public service, for its extraordinary 
        efforts to continue publishing during the severe flooding; and
Whereas the dedication and devotion of the Grand Forks Herald to the community 
        made an extraordinary difference in the lives of many people during the 
        flooding by helping to maintain a sense of stability during this 
        terrible natural disaster: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Grand Forks Herald and its staff for their 
        dedication to community and excellence in public service; and
            (2) congratulates the newspaper on being selected to 
        receive one of our Nation's most coveted awards for public 
        service, the Pulitzer Prize.
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