Photo courtesy of Ellensburg Public Library Will she end up being the next Steven Spielberg or Kathryn Bigelow? Hard to say, but 16-year-old Serah Manning already has a nice accomplishment under her director’s belt. Manning, a homeschooled 10th-grader from Ellensburg, is the director and creator for the winning video in this year’s Washington Teen Video [...]
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Library.) For many Washingtonians, the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, is one of those moments forever ingrained in collective memory. Saturday is the 33rd anniversary of the iconic mountain blowing her top. We feature photos from our State Archives and State Library showing how the mighty [...]
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives.) We’ve reached the fifth and final in a series of blog posts featuring classic State Archives photos of Washington governors signing bills into law. Closing it out are Gary Locke and Chris Gregoire. Locke is featured above at a 2001 bill signing, and Gregoire is shown below in a [...]
(Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives.) Latest in our series of blog posts featuring classic State Archives photos of previous Washington governors signing bills into law. Today we’re focusing on the late Booth Gardner and Mike Lowry. Gardner is shown at top signing a bill in his office. (Note the plate of souvenir pens.) The [...]
Patrick McDonald’s ceremonial promotion to Army Sergeant Major drew dozens of friends, colleagues, three Washington secretaries of state, and officials of all three branches of government. McDonald, who was assistant to then-Gov. John Spellman and legislators, has been a top official in the Secretary of State’s executive office, handling everything from visitor protocol and bill-signings [...]
