[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 136 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              PAUL STACKE

 Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize Paul Stacke, a widely respected figure of Minnesota radio who 
is retiring today after 48 years in the business.
  Paul began his broadcasting career in 1955. Since that time, he has 
worked at radio stations in cities throughout Minnesota, including 
Albany, Morris, Duluth, and St. Cloud, where he was a member of the 
award-winning news staff of AM 1240 WJON.
  While he has had a few different responsibilities over the years, 
Paul's most notable contribution was at WJON as the station's political 
reporter. In this position, Paul brought the latest to his listeners by 
covering the senators, governors, and State and local leaders in 
Minnesota politics and asking them the tough questions people wanted 
answered.
  Paul also brought national politics back home through interviews with 
political figures who serve the people here in Washington, from a 
speaker of the House to a President of the United States.
  There are many people in the media who have the skills to take 
themselves to a successful career. Paul is qualified in this way, but 
he is also more. Besides being a professional, Paul is genuine.
  Bringing this quality into an interview is what makes him a one-and-
only. In doing so, he compels the people he is interviewing to show the 
same side of themselves.
  In interviews with political leaders, the result is that his 
listeners got to hear the ``real'' person who represents them.
  This is why Paul is a respected man in Minnesota, and why his 
contribution to Minnesota radio will be missed. The entire State of 
Minnesota--especially the St. Cloud area--was fortunate to have him on 
the air.
  Unfortunately, our work here in the Senate keeps me from attending 
his retirement party this evening back in St. Cloud, MN. But if I were 
in attendance there tonight--among Paul, his wife Carol, and his 
family, friends, and colleagues--I would thank him for his inestimable 
contribution to keeping me and so many other Minnesotans 
informed.

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