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‘Amazing and graceful’ Mary Skinner remembered

‘Amazing and graceful’ Mary Skinner remembered

The late Representative Mary Skinner and her husband, Hal, were remembered by 800 of their closest friends, including Governor Gregoire and Secretary of State Reed, for exemplary lives well-lived. The “celebration of life” went on for three hours Saturday afternoon, with 28 speakers, ranging from the governor and Reed, to Hal’s elk hunting buddy and Mary’s fellow Latino activists, according to the dispatch the Yakima Herald-Republic.  Mary Skinner, 63, died in February after a long and public battle with cancer, just  a few short weeks…

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Mary Skinner: ‘Something special’

Mary Skinner: ‘Something special’

We join in the outpouring of tributes for former Representative Mary Skinner, a 14-year veteran of the Legislature, former State Board of Education member, arts and heritage advocate, and a leader who worked for bipartisan harmony in Olympia.  Skinner, the first Latina lawmaker elected from the Yakima Valley, died early Thursday. Secretary of State Sam Reed, a longtime friend and political ally, says “Mary was something special, a gracious and gifted gentlewoman who improved and honored everything and everyone she touched. I so much enjoyed…

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