[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 167 (Monday, November 9, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING JP PRITCHARD AND LANA HUGHES

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, November 7, 2009

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor two great 
southeast Texans. Every weekday morning for more than a quarter 
century, Texans have started their mornings off by tuning into JP 
Pritchard & Lana Hughes for the latest news. These two consummate radio 
professionals have been there for us through Hurricanes Alicia, Rita 
and Ike and Tropical Storm Allison, the most destructive tropical storm 
in U.S. History. They've kept Houston in the know through good economic 
times and bad--winning more national, state, and local awards than they 
have time to count or shelf space to display.
  Lana Hughes, a native southeast Texan, is a graduate of Conroe High 
School in the Eighth Congressional District and Baylor University. She 
got her start in journalism working for the Conroe Courier and KIKR 
Radio before joining KTRH in the early 1980s. An avid fan of the NASA 
Human Space Flight Program, Lana can cite stats on every mission, but 
her greatest passion is saving animals. Her blog, Animal House, has 
placed numerous pets into loving homes and informed all of southeast 
Texas about the problems of abused, neglected, and abandoned animals. 
If Lana is not in the newsroom, she can found volunteering at a local 
animal shelter or getting one of her many friends to fall in love with 
a new four-legged family member.
  JP Pritchard got to Texas as fast as he could and once here he 
stayed. A graduate of Drake University and the broadcasting school of 
hard knocks, JP and his lovely bride, Esther, have three sons and two 
grandsons who are the apple of their grandfather's eye. His first job 
in southeast Texas was as reporter/anchor and news director of KULF 
Radio, now known as KBME, The Sports Animal. From there, he joined the 
KTRH team where he has been ever since.
  While he enjoys anchoring the news, JP is also proud of his 
documentary work having won top honors for his 2-hour special on the 
history of Houston. JP has been used to having his name be ``JP & 
Lana'' for more than a quarter century.
  Together, these two amazingly talented people have become family 
members to millions in southeast Texans who instinctively tune to 
NewsRadio 740 AM, KTRH whenever news is breaking.

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