[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7208]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO SONNY DIXON

  Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, it is not often that anyone comes to the 
floor of the Senate to praise a journalist one way or another; but in 
Georgia, on the 31st of May of this year, Sonny Dixon of Savannah, GA, 
will retire after 18 years of being the anchor at WTOC in Savannah, GA.
  Sonny Dixon is a rare breed indeed in terms of political reporters 
because he has actually been in elected office, serving for years in 
the Georgia Legislature, some of those years with me. I know him as a 
friend, I know him as a professional, and I know him as coastal 
Georgia's best anchorman, period.
  He was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Associated Press 
award for best anchor in Georgia. He has been recognized by everyone 
who can do so for his professionalism, his knowledge, his skill, and 
his talent.
  It is a privilege for me to acknowledge today on the floor of the 
Senate his 18 years of service as an anchor, his 10 years of service in 
the Georgia Legislature, and his lifetime of commitment to the greatest 
State of all, the State of Georgia, to the betterment of his community, 
to the betterment of Savannah, the first capital of the State.
  So as we take this moment in time to pause, I want to congratulate 
Sonny Dixon on a great career and a great recognition that is well 
earned.

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