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~'•. ~''OUN~.•`~ Reso~ufion No. o?-t~s
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RESOLUTION RECOGNI7ING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE F,NTERPRISE-RECORD
WHEREAS, the Enterprise-Record, the oldest business in Butte County and the fourth-oldest daily
newspaper in the state, published its first edition on November 12, 1853, when the state was only three
years old; and
WHEREAS, the Butte Record, its first edition, was published at Bidwell Bar; and
WHEREAS, the ascendants of the Enterprise-Record had many different names and bases of
operation in the last halt of the 19`x' century; and
WHEREAS, the Enterprise got its start as the "Tehama "Toscin in 1859 and eventually became the
Northern Enterprise. The paper moved to Chico in 1873; and
WHEREAS, Chico's two daily newspapers, the morning Chico Record and the afternoon Chico
Enterprise, merged in 1948 to become the Enterprise-Record; and
WHEREAS, currently the Enterprise-Record employs 147 people and has an additional 120
independent contractors delivering the newspaper; and
County.
WHEREAS, the Enterprise-Record has been an enduring historical source of news for Butte
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby
recognizes the Enterprise-Record on the occasion of its 150`x' Anniversary and extends its best wishes for
continued success in the years to come.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 12`x' day of November
2002 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors lseeler, Dolan, itou~, Ya_ma~uchi ar.d Chair ,;o:~as5~n
NOES: None
ABSENT: NOnL'
NOT VOTING: None
CU12T JOSIASSEN, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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