WHEREAS, Fred Oldfield was born on March 18, 1918, in Alfalfa, Washington, and raised on the Yakima Indian Reservation near Toppenish, where his youth was filled with the cowboy life of covered wagons, horses, farming, and trail rides; and

      WHEREAS, His experiences as a young man and a cowhand would later populate his paintings; and

      WHEREAS, As one of the granddaddies of Western Art, The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center was built in 2002 and is dedicated to the preservation of Fred's dream - sharing his love of life, Western Art, and the history of the American West for all generations; and

      WHEREAS, The title of an "unconventional man" has been given to Fred as he has gone against all odds to spend his life working at his passion - painting; and

      WHEREAS, Fred has won numerous awards for his work and at almost age 90, PBS has just released the series "Painting the West with Fred Oldfield"; and

      WHEREAS, Fred Oldfield remains very active in his Pacific Northwest community and has raised over a million dollars by donating his paintings to causes that benefit children and community needs; and

      WHEREAS, His favorite recognition is the look in the eyes of children as he tells them about his days on the range, time around the campfire, eating from the chuck wagon, helping your neighbors with old time barn raisings, all while they are painting together; and

      WHEREAS, There will be a 90th birthday gala to be held at the Puyallup Fairgrounds on March 29th, preceded by two weeks of Whooping! Whistling! Shouting! & Stomping!; and

      WHEREAS, The Governor will proclaim March 18, 2008, "Fred Oldfield Day";

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate join in celebrating Fred Oldfield Day to honor this remarkable man; and

      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to Fred Oldfield, The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center, the City of Puyallup, the Governor, and the Lieutenant Governor.

      Senators Kastama, Rasmussen, Honeyford and Eide spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.

      The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8730.

      The motion by Senator Kastama carried and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

The President Pro Tempore welcomed and introduced Mr. Fred Oldfield, who was seated at the rostrum.

With permission of the Senate, business was suspended to allow Mr. Oldfield to address the Senate.

REMARKS BY FRED OLDFIELD

      Fred Oldfield: “I don’t know what to say after that. Somebody gave you folks the wrong information, that’s all I can say. Well, you know, I am very honored I have to say that but you know there my daughter is the one that really instigated that Heritage Center and many other people should be honored for that is the people that, the teachers and the volunteers and the people that backed us, the sponsorships and all that. There’s a lot of people out there that need that. I get all the fun. I get to teach the kids and I learn things every day from kids and if you got a minute, I’ll tell you a couple of jokes. You know I was inside the Center and I was painting there one day and it had a mural there and I got about a dozen kids watching me and there’s a couple of girls about nine years old standing there. You could tell they were buddies and they’re watching me paint and pretty quick one of them, I was sitting on a stool because it way down low, she leaned down and said ‘Cowboy Fred, how old are you?’ I said ‘I’ll tell you what, you guess how old I am.’ She thought a minute and she said ‘I think fifty or sixty; and the other little girl leaned down and said, ‘she’s sucking up.’ You never know what your going to get from them kids. There was one other cute thing that happened to me that shows you how kids are. They’re thinking all the time. We get the kids up to about twelve through thirteen years old and maybe we start on oils. So I had a class going one day, I had about twelve kids and I’d go around and help them with the oils and stuff. It’s kind of tough with the oils. There was a girl there, she was about twelve years old and she was just really puzzled and disgusted, you could tell. So, I set down and I said ‘Do you mind if I paint on there a little bit and show you?’ she said, ‘No, go ahead.’ And so I mixed a little paint and dabbed it on there and tried to show her something and told her that it gave it depth. She looked at it for a little bit and she said, ‘You know I respect you and I know you’re a great painter but I don’t like that.’ You get it from them kids. That’s why I’m having all the fun, getting all the accolades all these people up here are the ones been doing the work. But anyway, I want to tell you how honored I am and I’d like to have you people bring out a new law though. I would like to have you pass a law that will not let children keep you working after your ninety. I think you guys can do it. Well, I don’t have too much to say only that I am just really honored to be here and right now probably the tax payers want me to get down off here and let you people get to some work you need to do. So, I will say thank you again.”

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

      The President Pro Tempore welcomed and introduced friends and family of Fred Oldfield who were seated in the gallery.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

      Senator Franklin: “While we are in a happy mood, there is someone here today, someone whom we really love and care for. That person is warm, caring and that person wields a big stick. We would like to recognize that person and there is a gentleman here who will do that.”

      Mr. Job Pozos-Avila, an intern with Senator Franklin’s office: “Senadora Margarita Prentice, le queremos desear Feliz Cumpleanos.”

      Senator Franklin: “Happy Birthday to Senator Margarita Prentice.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Prentice: “Madam President, I rise to a point of personal privilege. Si, Senora Presidente. Lo agredesco mucho y pero tantos anos que no quiero....I’m thanking him very much and I’ve said that I’ve had so many birthdays..... After awhile you wonder if anybody’s going to notice but I do want to thank everyone of you and it’s been truly my pleasure to be here serving with you and I’m constantly amazed at how each one of us, each one of you that I’m looking at right now, brings a separate kind of skill that we blend and put together in order to serve the people of Washington. I’m just very grateful to have the opportunity to be here with you. Thank you very, very much.”

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate reverted to the sixth order of business.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Marr moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9333, Julie McCulloch, as a member of the Board of Trustees, Peninsula Community College District No. 1, be confirmed.

      Senator Marr spoke in favor of the motion.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Brandland, Senator McCaslin was excused.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Regala, Senators Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles were excused.

APPOINTMENT OF JULIE MCCULLOCH

The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9333, Julie McCulloch as a member of the Board of Trustees, Peninsula Community College District No. 1.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9333, Julie McCulloch as a member of the Board of Trustees, Peninsula Community College District No. 1 and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 46; Nays, 0; Absent, 0; Excused, 3.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Delvin, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Kastama, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, King, Kline, Marr, McAuliffe, McDermott, Morton, Murray, Oemig, Parlette, Pflug, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Tom, Weinstein and Zarelli - 46

      Excused: Senators Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles and McCaslin - 3

Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9333, Julie McCulloch, having received the constitutional majority was declared confirmed as a member of the Board of Trustees, Peninsula Community College District No. 1.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Eide, Senator Regala was excused.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Marr moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9108, Rosemarie Duffy, as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, be confirmed.

      Senator Marr spoke in favor of the motion.

APPOINTMENT OF ROSEMARIE DUFFY

The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9108, Rosemarie Duffy as a member of the Board of Pharmacy.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9108, Rosemarie Duffy as a member of the Board of Pharmacy and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 31; Nays, 15; Absent, 0; Excused, 3.

      Voting yea: Senators Berkey, Brown, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hobbs, Kastama, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McDermott, Murray, Oemig, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Swecker, Tom and Weinstein - 31

      Voting nay: Senators Benton, Brandland, Carrell, Delvin, Hewitt, Holmquist, Honeyford, King, Morton, Parlette, Pflug, Roach, Schoesler, Stevens and Zarelli - 15

      Excused: Senators Jacobsen, McCaslin and Regala - 3

Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9108, Rosemarie Duffy, having received the constitutional majority was declared confirmed as a member of the Board of Pharmacy.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Keiser moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9122, Gary Harris, as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, be confirmed.

      Senator Keiser spoke in favor of the motion.

      Senator Parlette spoke on the Gubernatorial Appointment.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Sheldon, Senator Rockefeller was excused.

APPOINTMENT OF GARY HARRIS

The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9122, Gary Harris as a member of the Board of Pharmacy.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9122, Gary Harris as a member of the Board of Pharmacy and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 29; Nays, 16; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

      Voting yea: Senators Berkey, Brown, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hobbs, Kastama, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McDermott, Murray, Oemig, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Tom and Weinstein - 29

      Voting nay: Senators Benton, Brandland, Carrell, Delvin, Hewitt, Holmquist, Honeyford, King, Morton, Parlette, Pflug, Roach, Schoesler, Stevens, Swecker and Zarelli - 16

      Excused: Senators Jacobsen, McCaslin, Regala and Rockefeller - 4

Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9122, Gary Harris, having received the constitutional majority was declared confirmed as a member of the Board of Pharmacy.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Keiser moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9259, Dan Connolly, as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, be confirmed.

      Senator Keiser spoke in favor of the motion.

APPOINTMENT OF DAN CONNOLLY

The President Pro Tempore declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9259, Dan Connolly as a member of the Board of Pharmacy.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9259, Dan Connolly as a member of the Board of Pharmacy and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 31; Nays, 14; Absent, 0; Excused, 4.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brown, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hobbs, Kastama, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McDermott, Murray, Oemig, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Swecker, Tom and Weinstein - 31

      Voting nay: Senators Brandland, Carrell, Delvin, Hewitt, Holmquist, Honeyford, King, Morton, Parlette, Pflug, Roach, Schoesler, Stevens and Zarelli - 14

      Excused: Senators Jacobsen, McCaslin, Regala and Rockefeller - 4

Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9259, Dan Connolly, having received the constitutional majority was declared confirmed as a member of the Board of Pharmacy.

NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION

      Having voted on the prevailing side, Senator Benton gave notice of his intent to move to reconsider the vote by which Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9259 was confirmed by the Senate.

MOTION

      At 10:53 a.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2008.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate