BILL REQ. #:  H-3018.2 

Read first time 03/19/2007.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     TO THE HONORABLE DOUGLAS B. MACDONALD, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:
     We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf was born in Marysville, Washington on November 30, 1927; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf founded the Log Castle Bed and Breakfast on his family's homestead in Langley, Washington which provides unparalleled hospitality for the residents and visitors of Whidbey Island; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf honorably served this great country in the United States Army from 1946 to 1947, and also served as a United States Marshal and Patrol Boat Captain; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf prepared the next generation of leaders as a public school teacher for 30 years; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf began his long and distinguished career in public service as a Washington State Representative from the 38th Legislative District from 1961 to 1965; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf served as a Washington State Senator for 20 years, first from the 21st Legislative District from 1967 to 1975 and then from the 10th Legislative District from 1981 to 1993; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf twice was a candidate for the United States Senate, in 1968 and 1974, and was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1992; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf began his distinguished career as a Member of Congress in 1995 where he served three terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Congressman from the 2nd Congressional District until he retired from public service in 2001; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf served as a member of the Transportation Committee in the United States House of Representatives as well as a conferee on the TEA-21 transportation bill reconciliation in 1998; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf was a strong fiscal conservative, avid conservationist, and outdoorsman; and
     WHEREAS, Jack Metcalf devoted his life to Norma, his beloved wife, best friend, partner, and companion of 59 wonderful years, and together they happily devoted their lives to their family of 4 daughters, 10 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren;
     NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the Washington State Transportation Commission commence proceedings to name the Clinton Ferry Terminal in Clinton, Washington the "Jack Metcalf Ferry Terminal."
     BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Honorable Douglas B. MacDonald, Secretary of Transportation, the Washington State Transportation Commission, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.