Civics
He might be over 70 and nearing retirement, but Secretary Reed is young at heart. In fact, he loves going back to college every spring – lots of them. Reed has kicked off his annual college civics tour with a visit Monday at Centralia College, followed by stops at Washington State University’s Vancouver campus and Clark College and an evening gathering at The Evergreen State College. He’ll see students at many other campuses this week and next week and will…
John C. Hughes and former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton sign copies of the book that Hughes recently wrote about the longtime statesman. Former state Attorney General and U.S. Senator Slade Gorton was the featured guest at a forum and book signing Thursday in the Legislative Building’s State Reception Room. More than 50 attendees heard Gorton speak about his enduring and prominent career in state and national politics. Gorton is the subject of a recent biography entitled “Slade Gorton A Half-Century…
We had the pleasure Wednesday of welcoming the Leadership Thurston County Class of 2012 to our office for their annual Scene Day expedition. Leadership Thurston County is a community-based leadership development program that attracts participants from local nonprofit organizations, the private sector, and the public sector. Because of his commitment both to strong leadership and to community service, Secretary Reed has been regularly featured in past LTC Challenge Days. He is a big supporter of LTC, in addition to the…
Saturday marks the 224th anniversary of that historic day in 1787 when the United States Constitution was signed by 39 men in Philadelphia, although 55 delegates helped draft the document. The Constitutional Convention convened on May 14 that year. The delegates selected George Washington to preside over the convention. After the Constitution was signed, it was sent to the states, with each holding a ratifying convention. Nine states had to ratify the Constitution to activate it. Delaware was the first,…
Washington’s 2011 primary is underway, with county election officials mailing ballots to more than three-fourths of the state’s registered voters. It’s the first election since lawmakers officially switched the state to full use of vote-by-mail. Pierce County, the last holdout for poll-site voting for a dwindling number of their residents, had made the switch to mail balloting. Not every registered voter should expect to receive a ballot. Two counties have no primary at all this year — Franklin and Wahkiakum…
No, this is not a misprint: The Huskies welcomed a Cougar on their campus this week. As part of his annual statewide college civics tour this spring, Secretary Reed, a loyal WSU alum, visited the University of Washington’s main campus in Seattle Monday, where he talked to students about the importance of voting and being civically involved. Showing great resourcefulness that even a diehard Coug could appreciate, a group of U-Dub students used voter registrations forms to create the “VOTE” message…
After completing last week’s opening leg for his annual college civics tour, Secretary Reed holds up a flyer displayed at one of the colleges. Elections Division staffers Lindsay Pryor (left) and Cristina Labra (right), who also went on the tour, hold up two of the posters used on campuses to get the word out that the Secretary was visiting to talk about the importance of voting and being engaged in their communities. The theme for this year’s college civics tour…
Friday marked the last day of Secretary Reed’s tour of college campuses this week. He visited Yakima Valley Community College this morning. During his stop at YVCC, the Secretary led a game of Elections Jeopardy with a group of students. Secretary Reed’s college civics tour will resume later this spring. Here is his remaining campus schedule: Thursday, April 28: Bellevue College, University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia Community College, Edmonds Community College and Shoreline Community College. Monday, May 9: UW Bothell/Cascadia Community…
During his visit Thursday morning to Spokane Community College, Secretary Reed spoke during the “Get Lit” program at the college. He discussed leadership and his own experiences in leadership positions. About 200 students attended. Later in the day, Secretary Reed visited Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington State University’s Tri-Cities campus and finally WSU’s main campus in Pullman, where the Secretary attended school.
Secretary Reed has been in Central Washington Wednesday as he continues his visits to college campuses across the state this week. Here he’s standing with students and others at Wenatchee Valley College’s Omak branch campus. No word if he’s going to bring those tasty-looking apples back to Olympia for his staff to enjoy.