[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 191 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H14984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING JACKIE HAYS

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Jackie 
Hays, a broadcasting legend in Louisville, Kentucky, who has served our 
community for nearly 22 years. Jackie will retire this Friday, and she 
will be greatly missed.
  Over the course of her career at WAVE-TV, Jackie has done it all: 
flying in Thunderbirds and Blue Angels, covering more than 25 Kentucky 
Derbies, and joining Louisvillians for our greatest celebrations and 
darkest tragedies. But most of all, she has endeared herself to 
Louisvillians because we always knew how much she cared about us. 
That's why she was selected 16 times as Louisville's favorite female 
anchor. She proved her love for our community not just by her on-air 
professionalism, but also by her enthusiastic involvement in civic and 
charitable activities.
  Jackie once said: God isn't going to ask me one day how many 
newscasts I did or how many stories I broke, but what kind of person I 
was.
  As Jackie's WAVE-3 career comes to an end, I can say without 
reservation that she is a person that anyone would hold up as a role 
model, and we are grateful she has called Louisville home so long. I 
join everyone in Louisville in wishing her a long and fulfilling 
retirement.

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