[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 18, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO JIM WALLACE

 Mr. OSSOFF. Mr. President, I rise to commend Jim Wallace for 
his decades of journalism and service to the people of southwest 
Georgia.
  Born and raised in north Georgia, Mr. Wallace attended Towers High 
School and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1976 with a 
degree in broadcast journalism.
  In November 1976, Mr. Wallace joined WALB News 10 in the news and 
sports departments; and he has worked there ever since, keeping 
southwest Georgia families informed and holding the powerful 
accountable.
  Throughout his nearly 50-year journalism career, Mr. Wallace has 
worked as a weekend sports anchor and reporter, sports director, and 
evening news anchor.
  Mr. Wallace has won numerous accolades, including twice being named 
the Georgia AP Sports Reporter of the Year award, Georgia AP 
Sportscaster of the Year, Georgia AP Sports Photographer of Year, and 
winning multiple UPI Sportscasting Awards.
  Outside of the newsroom, Mr. Wallace is also a Sunday School teacher 
and youth volunteer at First United Methodist Church, and he and his 
wife Tracy have two children Jake and Shelly.
  As Mr. Jim Wallace leaves WALB News 10 for a well-deserved 
retirement, as Georgia's U.S. Senator, I commend and congratulate him 
on his incredible career and wish him and his family the best in their 
future endeavors.

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