[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS

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                       HON. DONALD S. BEYER, JR.

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 15, 2016

  Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge a bedrock 
community institution in my district, the Falls Church News-Press.
  The Falls Church News-Press just celebrated the 25th anniversary of 
the publication of its first issue. Led by founder and publisher Nick 
Benton, the paper has established itself as a fixture in the region 
over the course of the last quarter century, covering the things that 
mattered most to the members of this community. Founder and publisher 
Nick Benton's hard work has kept the paper running through good times 
and bad for the print journalism industry, and is a testament to the 
value of fostering civil discussion on the local level.
  It all started in 1991 when Mr. Benton presented a plan for a local 
paper to the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce; initially, 130 
businesses pledged their support to the periodical, which has 
maintained its strong ties to the community with a free circulation of 
10,000 copies.
  In today's journalistic world where major media outlets have ever 
increasing gaps in local news coverage the Falls Church News-Press, 
with Mr. Benton at the helm, has filled those gaps many times over.
  The Falls Church News-Press has been awarded the City of Falls Church 
Business of the Year, and the city's Business Contribution to the 
Community award. As an active partner in community affairs, sponsoring 
an annual food drive, an annual scholarship for high school seniors, a 
citywide holiday party, and other events and activities, the Falls 
Church News-Press manages do more than just inform the people of my 
district: it helps support them.
  I commend the Falls Church News-Press and its staff on the occasion 
or the newspaper's 25th anniversary. They deserve the greatest degree 
of credit for helping create our own Falls Church sense of community.

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