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Mayoral Proclamation - Barry Amundson Day - 7.27.2022

I, Timothy J. Mahoney, Mayor of Fargo, do hereby proclaim July 27, 2022 to be Barry Amundson Day.

07/27/2022

  • WHEREAS, A gathering is being held for Barry Amundson this 27th day of July, 2022 at The Forum newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota, so co-workers, friends, family and associates can congratulate Barry on his retirement after working for a half century in the news business; and

  • WHEREAS, Barry’s career began at age 16, writing sports news for the Cottonwood County Citizen in Windom, Minnesota; and

  • WHEREAS, The Minnesota Newspaper Association recently recognized Barry for his many decades in the news industry by inducting him into its Half Century Club; and

  • WHEREAS, While attending Minnesota State University Mankato, Barry wrote sports stories for the Mankato Free Press and after college worked at newspapers in Pipestone and Worthington, Minnesota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Sioux City, Iowa; and

  • WHEREAS, Barry joined The Forum in 2013 where he helped in the development of the Forum News Service and worked as a news reporter, which included writing many stories about people and happenings at Fargo City Hall.

  • NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Dr. Timothy J. Mahoney, Mayor of the City of Fargo, North Dakota, do hereby proclaim July 27, 2022 to be BARRY AMUNDSON DAY in The City of Fargo and call upon his coworkers, friends, family and associates to honor Barry on his retirement and celebrate this special day so his work and dedication will be honored and remembered.

  • IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of The City of Fargo, North Dakota to be affixed this 27th day of July, 2022.