[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 20 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING BILL HILES FOR HIS LONG SERVICE TO TENNESSEE

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                          HON. JOHN S. TANNER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 2007

  Mr. TANNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Bill Hiles, who 
is retiring this week after working for 23 years as a journalist at the 
Dyersburg State Gazette in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He has proven himself 
a quality writer who fairly, accurately and completely covers the 
information that is important to our community in northwest Tennessee.
  Even before coming to the State Gazette, Bill was a distinguished 
scholar, journalist and pastor. He received a Bachelor's Degree in 
Philosophy at Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky, and a 
Master's Degree in Systematic Theology from the University of Durham in 
Durham, England. He has also studied at Vanderbilt University and the 
George Peabody College for Teachers, taught college--level writing and 
public relations courses and, having been ordained as a minister of the 
Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, served as pastor at several 
churches throughout Tennessee. After working at the Associated Press 
and United Press International, Bill was a general assignment reporter 
and sports columnist at The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee, where 
he once sat across the desk from future Vice President Al Gore.
  Madam Speaker, it has been a pleasure to work alongside Bill during 
his long service to Tennessee, and I am proud to call him my friend. I 
hope you and our colleagues will join Betty Ann and me in thanking Bill 
Hiles for his work, congratulating him on his well--earned retirement 
and wishing him all the best in the years to come.

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