[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 28, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E71]
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 A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO JIM DAUBEL FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE NEWS-
                               MESSENGER

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 28, 2004

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise today to 
pay special tribute to an outstanding gentleman, and good friend, from 
Ohio. Jim Daubel is set to retire after a 26-year tenure as president, 
publisher, and editor of the Fremont News-Messenger.
  Mr. Speaker, when Jim was just a boy, his father, Don Daubel, would 
take him to the old Fremont News-Messenger building on Arch Street. Jim 
remembers climbing up on the newsroom desks where he'd bang away on the 
typewriters the reporters would use everyday. As exciting as those 
memories were for Jim, they were just the beginning.
  The Daubel family has been a journalism institution in Fremont dating 
back to 1925 when Jim's grandfather, F.J. Daubel, purchased the Fremont 
Messenger at a bankruptcy sale with his brother-in-law L.E. Kinn and 
associate J.N. Kinn. In 1937, the family purchased the Fremont News, 
creating the News-Messenger that Jim Daubel would know his entire life.
  By the time Jim was in the 8th grade, he was working part-time in the 
print shop, a job he would hold through high school. After he went off 
to Marquette University in Wisconsin, where he would receive his 
journalism degree in 1963, he moved into the newsroom.
  After almost 50 years in journalism, of which the last 30 were spent 
with The News-Messenger and Port Clinton News Herald, Jim said it was 
``just time'' to step down and leave the business--and the paper--that 
has been such a part of him for as long as he can remember.
  Jim will leave big shoes to fill in the halls of Fremont's News-
Messenger. His wisdom, honesty, and forthrightness are attributes to 
which all in journalism should aspire. He has set an example for 
everyone on how to live a life of service, putting the greater 
interests of the community before one's own.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying special tribute 
to Jim Daubel. Our communities are served well by having such honorable 
and giving citizens, like Jim, who care about their well being and 
stability. We wish Jim and his family all the best as we pay tribute to 
one of our district's finest citizens.

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