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SOS panel: Wyman talks elections with Munro, Reed

SOS panel: Wyman talks elections with Munro, Reed

Former Secretary of State Ralph Munro (left) talks about an elections issue as current Secretary of State Kim Wyman and her predecessor, Sam Reed, listen. (Photo courtesy of Lori Augino) The current and two most recent secretaries of state for Washington were featured guests at the annual state elections conference in SeaTac on Thursday, sharing their stories and experiences from the past 34 years during a panel discussion. Ralph Munro, who served 20 years as secretary of state beginning in…

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Tacoma World Trade Center honors Reed

Tacoma World Trade Center honors Reed

(Secretary of State Reed stands with former Secretary of State Munro (left) and WTC Tacoma President/CEO Anthony Hemstad after receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.) The World Trade Center Tacoma has honored Secretary of State Sam Reed for his long years of work on behalf of international trade and tourism to benefit the nation’s most trade-dependent state. The center, a fast-growing member of the international network of trade centers, gave Reed its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.   The 19th Annual Globe…

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One hundred years later …

One hundred years later …

Supreme Court Justice Gerry Alexander shares a laugh during Wednesday’s kickoff event.  (Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives) We’re having a big celebration on the Capitol Campus in Olympia to mark the century-mark for Walter Wilder and Harry White winning the nationwide competition for the design of the Capitol group of buildings. Wednesday evening was the kickoff event, an outdoor program with a tribal blessing, stories about Wilder & White’s dazzling and audacious design, and witty talks by the 92-year-old …

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