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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Commending Frank Wootten )
for 50 Years in Journalism ) RESOLUTION No. 85/693
WHEREAS Frank Wootten has worked as a reporter and editor
for The Tribune for 55 years except .for a brief time out for
World War II and to operate his own newspaper; and
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WHEREAS during this period Frank served as State Editor, in,
which position he .supervised all suburban reporters in both
Contra Costa and Alameda counties, City Editor, Sunday News
Editor, Assistant Managing Editor and, most significantly, since
1974 as Chief of the Tribune Martinez Bureau; and
WHEREAS Mr. Wootten was a journalist when Walnut Creek was
mostly walnut groves, when there were no freeways in Contra
Costa, when agriculture was the mainstay of the County except for
the early oil refineries and sugar plant along the straits; and
WHEREAS he is on a first-name basis with nearly every County
public official and most of the civic and business leaders ; and
WHEREAS Frank is highly regarded by all who know him for his
journalistic hallmarks of accuracy and fairness with which he has
fulfilled his responsibilities to the citizens of Contra Costa
County for more than 50 years, and which he has instilled in many
young reporters he has trained; and
WHEREAS the governmental agencies, as well as the citizens
of this County, are better served because of Mr. Wootten' s wealth
of journalistic experience and excellence;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY ,-THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY that Frank Wootten is commended for his
half century of service in the field of journalism while
affiliated with The Tribune and for his excellence in reporting.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on
this 3rd day of December, 1985.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a Resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
INTRODUCED BY:
Nancy C anden
Chairwo
T Powers Ro rt I . Schro er
District I District III
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Sunne Wright McPeak Tom Torlakson
District IV District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 3rd day of December, 1985.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
and County Administrator