[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 106 (Friday, July 29, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ARGUS COURIER'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 28, 2005

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Petaluma Argus 
Courier, my hometown newspaper, on the occasion of its 150th 
Anniversary.
  The first edition of the Petaluma Journal and Sonoma County 
Advertiser, the forerunner of today's Argus-Courier, was published on 
August 18, 1855. That's 3 years before the City of Petaluma was 
incorporated.
  It is a compliment to the Argus-Courier and its staff that the 
newspaper has kept in step with the vast changes that have taken place 
in Petaluma over this 150-year period. As the 10th oldest newspaper in 
the State of California and one of Petaluma's oldest business 
institutions, the Argus Courier is an eyewitness to Petaluma history.
  The Argus-Courier has always fulfilled its obligation to its 
community by providing sound information and vigorous leadership on all 
matters affecting its citizens since 1855--from the Civil War to the 
Iraq wars, from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Loma Prieta, and 
from Petaluma's fame as the ``egg basket to the world'' to its status 
as telecom valley. The fact that the Argus-Courier has been published 
continuously for 150 years is evidence of its devotion to the public 
interest and its contribution to the growth and development of the 
community it serves.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the Petaluma Argus Courier on its 
sesquicentennial and know that it will continue to inform, entertain, 
and be a valued messenger of news and information to my constituents 
and me for many more years to come. And, I know that the Argus-Courier 
derives much satisfaction from the knowledge that it has had a part in 
the growth and in the furtherance of the free press that has helped to 
make this Nation great.

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