[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE AUBURN CITIZEN

  (Mr. KATKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an important 
milestone in my congressional district: the bicentennial of the Auburn 
Citizen.
  Two hundred years ago today, this daily publication began serving the 
people of Cayuga County by providing news and community announcements. 
Born in 1816 as the Auburn Gazette, this community newspaper has been 
known by many names over the years.
  In an editorial placed this past weekend, publisher Rob Forcey noted 
that the Auburn Citizen began publishing just 40 years after the birth 
of our country.
  The history of accomplished journalists at this publication includes 
William Dapping, a community hero who was awarded the very first 
special Pulitzer in 1930 for his esteemed work in covering the bloody 
1929 Auburn State Prison riots.
  Today, the Citizen has evolved to cover a wide area of central New 
York, with web-based access to local and national news, weather, and 
community events. What is more, the publication has expanded into 
western Onondaga County, with the Skaneateles Journal and West Onondaga 
County Journal.
  Congratulations again to this community-based publication on two 
centuries of being the voice of the Auburn community.

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