[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         IN HONOR OF TED HENRY

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 20, 2009

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Ted Henry upon 
the occasion of his retirement from WEWS-TV. Ted is retiring after 38 
years of service to the Greater Cleveland Community.
  Ted Henry, a household name in the Greater Cleveland Area, began his 
successful career in broadcasting in 1964 at a local radio station in 
his hometown of Canton, Ohio. He then became a news reporter at WAKR-
TV23 in Akron and later at WKBN-TV in Youngstown, Ohio. He joined WEWS-
TV in 1972, where he began as a news producer and later as a weekend 
anchor. In 1975, Ted was named weekday anchor of the 6:00 pm and 11:00 
pm news, a position he has held until his retirement on May 20, 2009. 
Since his first year as weekday anchor, he has covered nearly every 
political convention and has traveled all over the world to cover a 
multitude of historical events, including John Demjanjuk's war crimes 
trial in Israel, the fall of Berlin Wall and the death of Pope John 
Paul II in Rome. Additionally, his riveting news coverage on political 
turmoil in Peru was the first time a live international feed was 
broadcast in Cleveland.
  Ted's ability to humanize the people he covered all over the world 
has earned him national recognition. He has won five local TV Emmy 
Awards during his tenure at WEWS and won numerous national awards for a 
documentary he produced and reported in, ``Finding Aliza;'' a 
documentary about two holocaust survivors from Auschwitz who were 
reunited by the International Red Cross. Ted's 38 year career as the 
weekday anchor for WEWS-TV was the fulfillment of his childhood dream 
and has undoubtedly inspired Cleveland's next great reporters.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honor of Ted Henry as 
he retires from a 38 year career at WEWS-TV, and in recognition of his 
talent, innovation and tireless service to the Greater Cleveland 
Community.

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