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SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8417
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 04/26/97.
Renaming
the Washington State Library Building as the "Joel Pritchard State
Library."
WHEREAS,
The Honorable Joel Pritchard was elected Washington's fourteenth lieutenant
governor in 1988; and
WHEREAS,
Lieutenant Governor Pritchard was only the second Lieutenant Governor in
Washington history to be born in the state; and
WHEREAS,
Lieutenant Governor Pritchard gave Washington citizens thirty-two years of
public service; and
WHEREAS,
His service included four terms in the state House of Representatives, one term
in the state Senate, and six terms in the United States House of
Representatives; and
WHEREAS,
Joel Pritchard was described in The Seattle Times at the end of his long public
career as someone who built a reputation as a man "who achieves by putting
public service above partisan or personal advantage"; and
WHEREAS,
Joel Pritchard recognized the importance of reading and the joy of teaching
others to read and made the cause of literacy the hallmark of his term as
Lieutenant Governor; and
WHEREAS,
As part of his commitment to teach adults to read, Lieutenant Governor
Pritchard tirelessly crisscrossed the state to acknowledge the work of
community-based literacy efforts, present citations to outstanding literacy
students, and support fellow volunteers; and
WHEREAS,
Lieutenant Governor Pritchard personally volunteered as a reading tutor at
Seattle's Beacon Hill Elementary School and was an energetic leader in the
Washington Reads Program created to promote literacy; and
WHEREAS,
As a member of Congress, Joel Pritchard led the fight to preserve the James
Madison Memorial Building as the site of an addition to the Library of Congress
to preserve our nation's collection of rare and valuable books, manuscripts,
and presidential papers; and
WHEREAS,
The Washington State Legislature wishes to thank Lieutenant Governor Pritchard
for his contributions to further the cause of literacy, to promote libraries,
and to encourage all Washington citizens to read;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the state of Washington, the House
of Representatives concurring, That the Director of the Department of General
Administration is hereby directed to rename the Washington State Library
Building as the "Joel Pritchard State Library"; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That all appropriate stationery and references to the
state library reflect the name change as soon as it is economically possible;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded
to Lieutenant Governor Pritchard; the Honorable Gary Locke, Governor of the
State of Washington; State Librarian Nancy Zussy; and Marsha Long, Director of
the Department of General Administration.
