Senate Resolution No. 1369

BY: Senator LITTLE

HONORING Mark Frost upon the occasion of his
designation as recipient of the 2019 Liberty Bell
Award by the Warren County Bar Association on May 3,
2019

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and
pay tribute to those individuals who distinguish themselves through
professional excellence and who have made significant contributions to
the quality of life of citizens in the State of New York; and

WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Mark Frost upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the 2019
Liberty Bell Award by the Warren County Bar Association to be celebrated
on Friday, May 3, 2019; and

WHEREAS, The Liberty Bell Award, given each year by local bar
associations, honors exemplary citizens within the local community; the
award recognizes outstanding service performed by a citizen who
volunteers their time and efforts to serve the community; and

WHEREAS, Such service may include activities which promote a better
understanding of America's form of government, stimulating a deeper
sense of individual responsibility to the end that citizens recognize
their duties as well as their rights; and

WHEREAS, Mark Frost is a Glens Falls native who graduated from Glens
Falls High School in 1968, from Wesleyan University with High Honors in
American Studies in 1972, and from the University of Maryland School of
Law with honors in 1978; and

WHEREAS, At the age of 14, Mark Frost began his newspaper career as
a junior high school correspondent for The Glens Falls Times; he later
was a full-time sportswriter for The Post-Star, TV critic for The
Baltimore Sun and columnist for the weekly City Paper in Baltimore; and

WHEREAS, In 1980, on a $1,700 investment, Mark Frost started his own
weekly newspaper in Glens Falls; The Chronicle, now in its 39th year,
remains "locally owned, locally committed"; and

WHEREAS, Mark Frost was a founding board member of the Charles Wood
Theater in Glens Falls and currently serves on the board of directors of
the Charles R. Wood Foundation; and

WHEREAS, In 1996, The Chronicle launched and continues to present
the Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair, at the Queensbury Hotel every
November, connecting more than 100 authors and book sellers with the
general public; and

WHEREAS, In its very first edition 39 years ago, The Chronicle
debuted "School Views," which has been publishing area students' answers
to a question of the week ever since; and

WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, student winners of the Iroquois
Reading Council's annual Newspapers in Education contest spent an
afternoon with Mark Frost as working journalists at The Chronicle; and

WHEREAS, Among many community involvements, The Chronicle worked
with the Glens Falls Kiwanis Club to create the Taste of the North
Country food festival and has been its lead business sponsor since year
one, and was the Adirondack Theatre Festival's original and ongoing
business sponsor; and

WHEREAS, Mark Frost and his wife, Sandra Hutchinson, The Chronicle's
Chief Operating Officer who is also an attorney, reside in Glens Falls
and have two sons, Alexander who lives in Los Angeles, and Max who has
written extensively as The Chronicle's foreign correspondent and lives
in Washington, D.C.; and

WHEREAS, Rare indeed is the impressive dedication shown by an
individual for the benefit of others which Mark Frost has displayed
throughout his life; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the quality of life in their community and have shown a long and
sustained commitment to the maintenance of high standards in their
profession, certainly have earned the recognition and applause of all
the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Mark Frost upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of
the 2019 Liberty Bell Award by the Warren County Bar Association; and be
it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Mark Frost.