[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 18, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E647-E648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING MR. JIM WALLACE

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 18, 2024

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor and pleasure to 
extend my personal congratulations and best wishes to an exceptional 
community leader and outstanding citizen, Mr. Jim Wallace, on his 
retirement as a distinguished news anchor at WALB News 10 in Albany, 
Georgia. Jim's final day on-air will be June 26, 2024, and a party 
honoring his retirement and career will be held on June 18, 2024, in 
Albany, Georgia.
  Born and raised in North Georgia, Jim Wallace attended Towers High 
School in Decatur, Georgia, and graduated from the University of 
Georgia in 1976 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
  For over four decades, Jim has been a dependable and well-respected 
leader in Southwest Georgia. He has built quite an impressive career, 
which began in November 1976 when he joined WALB News 10, serving in 
both news and sports. He has served as a weekend Sports Anchor and 
Reporter, then as Sports Director. In September 2001, he began 
anchoring the evening newscasts, and in December 2016, Jim's hard work 
and talent landed him the Lead Anchor role in the evenings.
  Throughout his career, Jim has accumulated numerous accolades. He has 
won the prestigious Georgia AP Sportscaster of the Year and Georgia AP 
Sports Reporter of the Year award on two separate occasions. Jim is 
also a Georgia AP Sports Photographer of Year award winner and holds 
numerous United Press International Sportscasting Awards. Along with 
his professional achievements, Jim also dutifully volunteers as a 
Sunday School teacher and youth volunteer at First United Methodist 
Church.
  Jim has accomplished much throughout his life, but none of it would 
have been possible without the Grace of God and the love and support of 
his wife, Tracy, and their two children, Jake and Shelly.
  Sir Winston Churchill often said ``You make your living by what you 
get, you make your life by what you give.'' Southwest Georgia is a 
better place because Jim Wallace gave his time and talents to keep our 
communities informed about the world around them. Jim's passion and 
dedication to the news, as well as his broadcasting expertise, are 
unparalleled, but his heart for helping others is what has made his 
life's work truly special.
  On a personal note, it has been a pleasure working with Jim during my 
time in public office. Over the years, Jim and I have sat down

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for countless interviews and discussions on numerous topics which have 
been essential to informing the people of Georgia about the pressing 
issues we face as a state and as Americans. While I have no doubt that 
WALB News 10 will continue in its mission to inform the public, we will 
all certainly miss Jim's adept reporting and insights.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives 
to join my wife, Vivian; and me, along with the more than 765,000 
people of Georgia's Second Congressional District, in extending our 
sincerest appreciation and best wishes to Mr. Jim Wallace upon the 
occasion of his retirement from an outstanding four-decade career in 
broadcast journalism at WALB News 10.

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