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Couple Honored by Newspaper Association
WILLMAR, MN (March 5, 2004) - The Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA)
recently recognized First Covenant Church's Forrest and Theresa
Honebrink for longtime industry service, naming them to MNA's "Half
Century Club."
Since 1977, the MNA has awarded 126 individuals with membership in the
Half Century Club. They are one of three married couples that are part
of the club, said a MNA representative.
Forrest worked at the West Central Tribune for 45 years (a total
of 56 years in the newspaper industry) and has been affectionately known
by colleagues by the nickname "Trees." He retired from the newspaper
last July as general foreman in the production department and department
head of the assembly department. His first newspaper job was in the fall
of 1947 as a carrier for the Willmar Journal, a weekly publication.
Theresa worked 52 years with Willmar newspapers, starting in December
1942 for the Willmar Daily Tribune. Two years later, she became a
proofreader for the newspaper and later worked in the circulation and
classified advertising departments and as office manager for the West
Central Tribune, retiring in 1994.
The Honebrinks have volunteered for the Minnesota Newspaper Museum and
are active in church and community activities, according to a recent
church newsletter article. Theresa was a longtime Sunday school teacher,
said a church staff member, and Forrest has served as a deacon in the past.
The MNA, in existence since 1867 and based in Minneapolis, has nearly
400 member newspapers.
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