[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 53 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING BOB GRIP, ALABAMA'S BEST TV NEWS ANCHOR FOR 2010

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 2010

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, I rise to congratulate my friend Bob Grip 
for recently receiving the award of Best TV News Anchor in Alabama. A 
trusted name in South Alabama for a quarter century, Bob is primary 
news anchor for WALA-TV FOX10 in Mobile.
  On March 20, 2010, Bob Grip was named the 2010 Best TV News Anchor in 
the State of Alabama by the Alabama Broadcasters' Association. This was 
his third such award.
  Mr. Grip's exemplary reporting has also recently earned him honors 
for ``Best In-Depth Reporting'' and ``Best Community Service'' by the 
Mobile Press Club.
  Bob has also been honored for producing ``Fox 10 News Fugitive 
Files,'' winner of the 2002 ``Best Series'' award from the Alabama 
Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Due to this program's 
success, he was spotlighted in 1996 by FBI Director Louis Freeh with 
the ``Director's Community Leadership Award.'' ``Fugitive Files'' has 
helped capture more than 400 suspects.
  In 1988, Bob traveled to the Vatican to produce a half hour 
documentary on Mobile Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb's visit with Pope John 
Paul II. Bob also brought Fox 10 News viewers reports from Europe 
following the death of Pope John Paul.
  During 1993, Bob flew to Kuwait to present a series of live and taped 
reports on Operation Desert Peace, a trip designed to honor the 
families of those who died in the first Persian Gulf War.
  Bob Grip is a cum laude graduate of Boston College, where he earned 
bachelor's degrees in Communications and Secondary Education. He also 
received a Master's degree in Journalism from The Ohio State 
University, where he was also a Teaching Associate in the School of 
Journalism.
  In his spare time, he also teaches Broadcast Journalism at Spring 
Hill College in Mobile, and is constantly volunteering his time and 
tremendous talents to a number of worthwhile causes. On behalf of the 
people of South Alabama, I thank Bob Grip for his dedication to his 
profession of informing the public, and I congratulate him on his many 
achievements and send best wishes to his family, including his wife, 
Marie, and their two daughters Erin and Mary Kate, and their families.

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