[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 55 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      REMEMBERING BEA MOTEN-FOSTER

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                            HON. MIKE PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 2011

  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a kind-hearted and 
generous woman who will forever be remembered by Hoosiers in my 
district. Bea Moten-Foster was the owner and publisher of the Muncie 
Times, and she will be greatly missed by those in the community.
  Bea was born in Selma, Alabama. Her media career began soon after she 
graduated from high school when she took a position as a radio 
announcer in Birmingham, Alabama. She went on to work in television and 
radio in Miami, New York City and Indianapolis.
  Bea moved to Muncie in the early 1980's and later married a professor 
at Ball State University, Robert O. Foster. Bea immediately began to 
impact the Muncie community. She organized Muncie's city-wide 
celebration of Black History Month, helped launch the Muncie coalition 
of 100 Black Women, and helped establish the Muncie Black Expo.
  Some of Bea's other accomplishments include founding the Muncie 
Times, an African-American newspaper in 1991. The twice monthly 
publication now has a circulation of over 10,000 readers. She was also 
awarded the Indiana Black Expo 2010 Trail Blazer Award, the Sagamore of 
the Wabash, the Spirit of Chief Muncie Award, and the Indiana State 
Chamber of Commerce's Outstanding Business Person of the Year for 1996.
  Those who were closest to Bea will remember her commitment to faith 
and family. Bea's daughter, the Reverend Pamela Emmanuel, said the 
motto her mother passed on to her was ``Never accept `No,' from 
somebody who doesn't have the power to say ``Yes.' '' Bea's leadership 
in the Muncie community as well as her compassion for troubled youth 
will be sorely missed. I offer my sincere condolences to her beloved 
family, daughter Reverend Pamela Emmanuel, who will be continuing Bea's 
legacy and leading the Muncie Times, and her two grandchildren, Ebonye 
Endsley and Korey Van Horn. -