[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10022]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING PAUL K. HARRAL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 2, 2009

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Paul K. Harral 
for his service to the Fort Worth community throughout his career with 
the Fort Worth Star Telegram. After providing his expertise for nearly 
a quarter-century in almost every news department of the Star Telegram, 
Harral will retire at the end of April.
  Media is Harral's passion. Before joining the Star-Telegram family in 
1986, Harral served the United Press International, Baptist Medical 
Center and Florida City Magazines Inc. In the Star-Telegram, his goal 
has always been to present the issues that are important to his 
community and keep citizens informed. Over the years, Harral served as 
Senior Editor of Metro news, Ombudsman, Editor of the editorial pages, 
Editor of zoning operations, and supervised the online department. 
Under his tenure in 1995, the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors 
(APME) recognized the weekend and daily commentary sections as best in 
the state.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to recognize Paul K. Harral for his years 
of service to Fort Worth. His devotion serves as an example to those 
who had the privilege of working with him. Even though he is retiring, 
his contribution will be forever appreciated by the Fort Worth 
community. It is an honor to represent him as a member of the 26th 
district of Texas.

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