[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 159 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E843-E844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF KAROLE HONAS SERVICE TO IDAHO

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 15, 2020

  Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate my friend 
Karole Honas on a well-earned retirement after an extraordinary 
broadcasting career.
  Karole grew up in Gooding, Idaho and graduated from the University of 
Idaho with a degree in radio-TV, communications. Shortly after 
graduation she married her husband, Ken. They have been happily married 
for forty years.
  Karole started her career at KPVI in Pocatello. After seven years, 
she left KPVI to raise her three sons. In 1990 Jay Hildebrandt called 
and asked her to fill in as an anchor for 6 weeks while another anchor 
was on maternity leave. Those 6 weeks turned into thirty years of co-
anchoring with Jay Hildebrandt. Together

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they were an iconic news team that the community trusted.
  In addition to her role at KIFI with Jay, Karole mentored new 
journalists who were getting started in the industry. She also spent 
fourteen years as an adjunct instructor at Idaho State University. She 
has served as a member of the advisory board for the School of 
Journalism and Mass Media in the College of Letters, Arts and Social 
Sciences at the University of Idaho. She continues to reach out to 
students interested in television news, informing them of internship 
opportunities and job openings at her station and elsewhere.
  Karole has served on several community boards and committees. As an 
active member of her community, Karole is committed to leaving this 
area better than she found it.
  It has been my privilege to be interviewed by Karole throughout my 
political career. Even though we were friends she didn't hold back the 
tough questions. I have always appreciated her honesty and fairness.
  Madam Speaker, Karole Honas has provided an immeasurable service to 
Eastern Idaho for the last thirty years. I want to thank her for that 
service and wish her well in a well-earned retirement.

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