[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO THE JONESBORO SUN

  (Mr. BERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERRY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the staff 
and the publisher, Mr. John Trout, at the Jonesboro Sun. It has been an 
outstanding newspaper in the First Congressional District of Arkansas.
  The Jonesboro Sun was recognized yesterday as one of two finalists in 
the Breaking News Reporting category in the 83rd annual Pulitzer Prizes 
in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music.
  The Sun was the only small newspaper selected as a finalist in the 
1998 competition. Last March, the Sun showed us how a quality news team 
can work together and do a great job by covering the tragic shooting at 
Westside Middle School. It was a breaking story and the staff at the 
Sun was on the scene to cover it accurately and honestly. They worked 
long, hard hours on a story that hit all of us in Jonesboro and around 
the country.
  I stand here today to commend the Sun, its staff and its publisher, 
and their dedication to northeast Arkansas and to quality journalism. 
They are what newspapers should be about.

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