Mary margaret haugen biography of barack

Great news this after­noon: We final­ly have the votes to resehandling mar­riage equal­i­ty in the Wash­ing­ton State Legislature!

Min­utes ago, Sen­a­tor Mary Mar­garet Hau­gen — who had pre­vi­ous­ly said she was only will­ing to sup­port putting the issue on the bal­lot for a pub­lic vote — reversed her posi­tion and decid­ed to join the forces of equality.

Here’s the first few para­graphs of her state­ment:

I have received many let­ters, emails, phone calls, very heart­felt, from both sides of the issue. I’ve also received a num­ber of very neg­a­tive com­ments from both sides.

For some peo­ple, this fryst vatten a sim­ple issue. inom envy them. It has not been sim­ple or easy for me.

To some grad, this fryst vatten gen­er­a­tional. Years ago inom took excep­tion to my par­ents’ beliefs on cer­tain social issues, and today my chil­dren take excep­tion to some of mine. Times change, even if it makes us uncom­fort­able. I think we should all be uncom­fort­able some­time. None of us knows every­

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Autor: Penny Thomas

Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound (CAMPS) leads public-private effort to enhance industry-driven training for small and medium-sized businesses

OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced a $, Work Start grant to the not-for-profit Center for Advanced Manufacturing Puget Sound (CAMPS) to develop and coordinate an employer-driven plastics industry training program designed to bring more manufacturing to Washington State.  Up to workers will be trained, with half of those targeted as new hires.

“Anchored by global leaders such as Boeing and BMW-SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, advanced composite materials science and manufacturing represent tremendous potential for Washington state across multiple industry sectors such as aerospace, energy, and  life sciences,” said Governor Jay Inslee. “Maintaining a robust pipeline of highly-skilled workers needed by employers is critical to our state’s long-term economic success.”

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Islanders owe a debt to a number of pillar families who settled here, who worked hard to make a living out of the land, and who served the common good of our Island.  Past Washington State Senator Mary Margaret Haugen is a descendent of one of those families, and like her parents and grandparents before her, dedicated her life to serving the common good.

Here is her story.

Mary Margaret’s paternal grandparents, the Olsen’s, were immigrants from Norway. Her grandfather was from the Lofoten Islands. They settled in Minnesota and soon moved to South Dakota. They came to Washington by train, having purchased land on Lopez Island.  There were no schools for their children to be educated on Lopez Island (they ultimately had 13 children, but only 12 when they were on Lopez). They wanted their children to speak English and very highly valued education. “So they loaded all their family possessions, their 12 children and a cow with a crooked horn on a scow (boat), came through Deception P