Byron Dorgan: “A bright young reporter, Kevin Wallevand, who covers news in Fargo, ND for WDAY television, has made my State, and me…”

“A bright young reporter, Kevin Wallevand, who covers news in Fargo, ND for WDAY television, has made my State, and me, awfully proud. Kevin's documentary, ``The Quilt: Hope from the Heartland,'' has been awarded an Emmy, television's highest award. In North Dakota, we have always known that Kevin is a talented reporter, writer, and producer. Now, his documentary about the dark side of human nature that allows exploding land mines to do the work of war; and the bright side of human kind, the compassion people show toward one another in the aftermath of war's tragedies, has earned him national acclaim. Kevin Wallevand has produced a moving story about a rural community where women create by hand a beautiful, colorful quilt in the hope that it will warm and cheer someone less fortunate than themselves. The resulting quilt begins its travels near the North Dakota border on the Buffalo River, and ends its journey along a river in Angola, Africa where a homeless family--bodies ravaged by exploding land mines-- clutches the quilt for warmth and safety.”