[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE LEGACY OF THE ZEELAND RECORD AND THE VAN KOEVERING FAMILY

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                           HON. BILL HUIZENGA

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2018

  Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Van 
Koevering family and their many contributions to the West Michigan 
Community through their newspaper and print shop, The Zeeland Record.
  As a well-known and highly-regarded West Michigan business, The 
Zeeland Record has earned the respect of the greater Ottawa County 
community through dedication to quality and service for over 125 years.
  The Zeeland Record was started in 1893 by Adrian Van Koevering as a 
newspaper and print shop, and through the lifetime of the company, has 
expanded to include a full digital printing operation with the addition 
of ZR Graphics. When the newspaper and print shop was founded near the 
end of the 19th century, there was no local printing business. 
Recognizing the lack of regular circulation for news periodicals, and 
at the advice and counsel of his mother's uncle, Adrian Van Koevering 
started his own commercial printing company. He was able to obtain a 
loan from this same relative, Jacob Den Herder, to buy his own printing 
equipment, and within a few months, Adrian was hard at work in a 
business that would span generations of the Van Koevering family. 
Today, the company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and 
is led by brothers Kurt and Kraig Van Koevering who continue the 
Zeeland Record's legacy in West Michigan.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Second Congressional District of 
Michigan, we thank and honor the contributions of the Van Koevering 
family to West Michigan communities and families.

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