[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S3445]
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        SENATE RESOLUTION 214--COMMENDING THE GRAND FORKS HERALD

  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:

                              S. Res. 214

       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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