WHEREAS, La Conner High School this past fall claimed the 2B State Championship volleyball title when the Lady Braves capped a greatly successful season with a three games to zero victory in the championship match; and

      WHEREAS, Along with capturing the 2B state title the Lady Braves, led by Coach Suzanne Marble, finished the season with a perfect record of 20-0 in matches and an amazing 60-0 in games; and

      WHEREAS, The winning of the 2B state title by La Conner marks the first time since 1986 that a school west of the Cascade Mountains has been the 2B state champions; and

      WHEREAS, Coach Suzanne Marble was named Coach of the Year in the Northwest Conference; and

      WHEREAS, Setter Carlee Marble was named Most Valuable Player in the Northwest 1A/2B League; and

      WHEREAS, A total of 6 La Conner players achieved all league honors; and

      WHEREAS, The junior varsity team also finished the season without a defeat;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate honor the La Conner Lady Braves on their undefeated season and 2B State Volleyball Championship; and

      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the La Conner School District Superintendent, La Conner High School Principal, and La Conner High School's Lady Braves Team Members and Coaches.

      Senator Haugen spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.

      The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8613.

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

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

      The President welcomed and introduced members of the La Conner High School Volleyball Team who were seated in the gallery.

MOTION

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

MOTION

      Without objections, on motion of Senator Eide, Gubernatorial Appointments GA 9033, Eric Liu, Member, State Board of Education; 9037, Kristina Mayer, Member, State Board of Education; and 9043, Gerald Morgen, Member, Personnel Appeals Board were returned to the Committee on Rules.

      The motion by Senator Eide was adopted by voice vote.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Pridemore moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9056, Dolorita Reandeau, as a member of the Board of Trustees, State School for the Deaf, be confirmed.

      Senator Pridemore spoke in favor of the motion.

APPOINTMENT OF DOLORITA REANDEAU

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9056, Dolorita Reandeau as a member of the Board of Trustees, State School for the Deaf.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Regala, Senators Kastama, Weinstein and Tom were excused.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Brandland, Senator Pflug was excused.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9056, Dolorita Reandeau as a member of the Board of Trustees, State School for the Deaf 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, Clements, Delvin, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kline, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Murray, Oemig, Parlette, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Weinstein and Zarelli - 46

      Excused: Senators Kastama, Pflug and Tom - 3

Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9056, Dolorita Reandeau, having received the constitutional majority was declared confirmed as a member of the Board of Trustees, State School for the Deaf.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Clements moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9021, Paul P. George, as a member of the Horse Racing Commission, be confirmed.

      Senators Clements and Rasmussen spoke in favor of the motion.

APPOINTMENT OF PAUL P. GEORGE

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9021, Paul P. George as a member of the Horse Racing Commission.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9021, Paul P. George as a member of the Horse Racing Commission and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 46; Nays, 0; Absent, 1; Excused, 2.

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

      Absent: Senator Hewitt - 1

      Excused: Senators Kastama and Pflug - 2

Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9021, Paul P. George, having received the constitutional majority was declared confirmed as a member of the Horse Racing Commission.

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Rasmussen: “Thank you. Well ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, today is Dairy Day in the Legislature. Today’s the day we honor the men and women of the Dairy industry and their families. This is a marvelous day for all of us in the Legislature because we have the opportunity to honor our dairy families and the dairy producers across the state. Also, you will get to enjoy the twenty-five hundred ice cream bars that are going to be handed out by the men and women of the Dairy Federation and by Dairy Ambassadors. I’m very, very privileged as a former dairy farmer to say welcome to the dairy industry, the producers, the men and women who make this wonderful product called milk. I hope you’ll all share with me and you’ll toast a glass of milk the next time you sit down for lunch and dinner and don’t forget to go out and meet our Dairy Ambassadors and men and women of our dairy industry and have an ice cream bar. Thank you very much.”

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

The President welcomed and introduced the 2006-2007 Dairy Ambassadors Trista Van Berkim, Debbie Branch and Melisa Lancaster who were seated at the rostrum and Dairy Ambassadors who were seated in the Gallery.

With permission of the Senate, business was suspended to allow Trista Van Berkim, Dairy Ambassador, to address the Senate.

REMARKS BY MS. TRISTA VAN BERKIM

      Trista Van Berkim: “Honorable Lieutant Governor Owen, members of the Senate and guests. Three point five billion dollars. That is the estimated annual economic impact of the dairy industry in Washington State. After apples, milk is the second largest agriculture commodity produced in Washington. Washington Dairy farmers take pride in producing some of the highest quality milk in the nation. We also take pride in helping the people of our state prosper. For every one million dollars in finished dairy products twenty jobs are supported in farming, processing, distribution and marketing. Dairy farms also improve the environment. Land conservation efforts by dairy farmers has supported thousands of acres of open habitat used by the many different migratory birds believed that live in our fields. Our state has long been blessed with the thriving dairy industry. But what about if that were not the case, stop and imagine that for a moment. No dairy industry, the very landscape of our evergreen state would be dramatically altered not to mention our daily diets. Cereal with no milk in the morning? No thank you. And lasagna with Wisconsin cheese? Not my preference and we could just say goodbye to those creamy mochas and lattes that we all have come to rely on in the mornings. I want to thank you for what you have done to protect the dairy industry and dairy farmers like my dad. Your pen is a powerful tool and my challenge for you today is to continue to protect the family dairy farmer so that our imagined dairy-less state does not become a reality. Washington, have you got milk?”

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

President Owen: “Trista, thank you very much and to all the Ambassadors, thank you all for what you do.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Delvin: “Well, several, actually Mr. President. One, milk does a body good as the former speaker didn’t certainly restrict the height growth there. Also, Mr. President, we have a new person on the dais to recognize that because I know the gentleman from the fourteenth with his hearing implements couldn’t hear those vote counts and that brings me to him. He stood up earlier for that gubernatorial appointment. He disclosed some of his dealing with the gentleman but he didn’t disclose them all. I first came to Olympia back in ’94 with the good gentleman from the fourteenth district. We both entered the House of Representatives and he disclose everything when he was the nomination and he forgot to disclose some things. One, because he says he knows horse racing, I think he owned some ponies at one time or he at least he gave some money on some ponies sometimes that I don’t think that he disclosed that little known fact so he does have an interest in that sport. Also, you know yesterday I think we were delivered some apples to our offices from the Apple Commission and he use to be the president of the Apple Commission. He didn’t disclose that fact either. I gave my apples away knowing, to a good friend, knowing that they could better use them me because I thought we’d probably have a lot of apples this session knowing that the gentleman from the fourteenth district. He use to grow them. Maybe he still has an apple tree or two that we’d have all the apples we would need here. That’s one thing else he didn’t disclose about his past that he does grow apples and he has a relationship there with those apples too. The other thing, he resigned from the House before coming to the Senate and when I think a less than honorable way got an appointment. Now, my appointment two years ago I think was an honorable appointment but I think, in his case, he came here under less honorable method. I think he, well, I just don’t think the voters had a chance to really vote who they wanted as their Senator from the fourteenth and hopefully they’ll be given that opportunity in the next year to do that. So, this was his first speech today on the floor of the Senate. Hopefully, it won’t be his last, I know we’ll probably regret that that we allowed him to speak the first time because he certainly has a reputation in the House for some of his speeches. You know some sayings like 'This dog don’t hunt or This old porch dog isn’t whatever that porch dog does' but so I’d just like to congratulate the gentleman from the fourteenth district for his first and look forward to a nice gift that doesn’t include apples - does not include apples. Thank you.”

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

Senator Keiser: “Well, it seems to me that the gentleman from the fourteenth district has spoken before today. I recall last week a fine resolution brought forward to the floor about our colleague Senator Deccio and it seems to me that I recall the gentleman from the fourteenth district standing up and speaking out and here he’s done it again. So, how do we allow in our rules on this August bodies floor to recognize and acknowledge someone’s first speech when it is his second?”

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

President Owen: “That was a point of order that you raised that you raised. You know, the President raises the same question and Senator Clements did approach me the other day and he implied, - I add a strong emphasis-implied that the President said that that would not count as first speech. That would imply that the President made a mistake which of course is a very bad mistake on his part. The point is well taken.”

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

Senator Honeyford: “This gentleman made promises after that first speech and the tribute has not been received and so I'm inquiring as to can his microphone be turned off until that tribute is paid?"

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator McCaslin: “I have an answer for the question raised about his second speech. It means he has to give us two gifts.”

POINT OF INQUIRY

Senator Schoesler: “Would the gentleman from the fourteenth district yield to a question?"

Senator Clements: “No.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Schoesler: “Thank you Mr. President. If the gentleman were to have yielded to a question, I think the body would of liked to have known what gifts he comes bearing. Now, think about this. In the spirit of his predecessor, it should almost certainly include the other white meat, pork. Because no one was more successful at procurement of the other white meat than his predecessor. He has apparently learned one thing from his predecessor. He’s already cut a deal with the chairman from the Yakima County Democrats. Already, not even one month and he’s cut a deal across the aisle. I think he did learn a few things except the bearing of gifts that should come with this lofty position he has inherited. I can’t help but believe that without a gift, they’ll never be a street or a building named after the new Senator from the fourteenth district, but he did explain his background with horse racing. And that background in horse racing runs deep, in fact, my uncle worked with the gentleman’s father-in-law a generation ago in that industry so I think we should congratulate him on his maiden, as the term is known in horse racing, and wish him the very best of luck in this body.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Rockefeller: “Well, to judge from the remarks of the good gentleman from the eighth district, I’d like to refer to the gentleman from the fourteenth as the almost-honorable Senator Clements. But laying that aside Mr. President, I do have a concern that the real Jim Clements has not yet appeared before us. After all, I served in the House as many of us here today in that other body and I must say that his performance so far in speaking to a gubernatorial appointment is remarkably subdued compared to the style that he has exhibited so well when he was a member of the other chamber so, I remember for example, his famous, ‘I see a train wreck coming’ speech when he spoke about WASL and it left an indelible impression on all of us who heard it. I do hope the real Senator Clements will soon appear here in the Senate. Thank you Mr. President.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Kohl-Welles: “Thank you Mr. President. Well, I have to take exception with what term was used by the good Senator from the ninth legislative district. Maiden speech, now, I revere the good gentleman from the fourteenth district very much and because he is so known for the political correctness of his speech at all times. I don’t know that maiden is the right term to use for his first speech. I mean, we could say, inaugural speech or initial speech on the senate floor, introductory, pioneering. We could even get to cleansing or purifying, debutante maybe untouched and if we could be really down to earth here perhaps spring chicken or jail bait or undeflowered but maiden is something I just don’t think is appropriate to use for the first remarks or second on the senate floor of the good Senator from the fourteenth district.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Rasmussen: “Well, the good gentleman from the fourteenth district I’ve known for a long time is a fellow agriculture producer but I want you to know as Chair of Agriculture this fellow is high maintenance. He is really high maintenance. He smiles a lot. He talks a lot but he’s really high maintenance so watch out all of you.”

PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

Senator Clements: “Thank you Mr. President and the rest of the body. The accolades were absolutely different. As far as somebody coming from the other body when I went back to my district, Mr. President, to get gifts because the first day I was here I asked the good friend from the ninth district some of the protocols. He said, ‘The first protocol is, the first time you speak you come bringing gifts’ and I had to have that explained. Then my friend from the seventh I asked if Krugerrands, chocolate of course, would be appropriate and he didn’t think so. In the course of time I know I approached the good President on my opportunity to follow the Senators from the fourteenth district appreciation. Well, you’re the fourth, oh, I’m the fourteenth. There was some mis-communication but I can assure you that I went back to the fourteenth district and I went to an organization that represents the Growers Co-Op and that’s Tree Top and it signifies for me part of my home town that has brought great prosperity and many, many jobs, dealing with a multiple and, I’m sorry to say it, of apple products but I’m happy to say. When I got back to the fourteenth district some of my friends said to me ‘Senator Clements, how have you adjusted your first two weeks?' and from the fine lady of the forty-seventh who I have a couple of committees, I said ‘It’s been charming, a number of the members are very gracious and very kind,’ and I, being an alpha male, I’ve had to have some adjustments in some in some of the committees that I’m on but I’m not collard but I’m well-house-broken. And being the second speech and I think remiss about that a great philosopher from Eastern Washington shared this with his caucus and today it is the second mouse that get’s the cheese and I have brought gifts from my district and I hope they can be shared and I hope you look at them because they do signify who we are in the fourteenth district even with the Senator that doesn’t hear well. He doesn’t have to worry about combing his hair and in time we will take an opportunity to debate with great earnestness with some of the issues my friends on the other side will bring forth but until that time, please enjoy what I brought to this body in a tradition that I think is wonderful. Thank you very much.”

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Rockefeller, the rules were suspended, the Senate, with a single vote, considered the confirmations of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9072, James Tiffany; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9055, Kris Pomianek; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9038, William McDowell; and Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9079, Darlene Wilder as members of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15 and the vote of the Senate was recorded as a separate vote for each appointment.

SECOND READING

CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

MOTION

      Senator Prentice moved that Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9072, James Tiffany; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9055 Kris Pomianek; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9038 William McDowell; and Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9079 Darlene Wilder as members of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15, be confirmed.

      Senators Prentice, Parlette and Morton spoke in favor of the motions.

APPOINTMENT OF JAMES TIFFANY

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the confirmations of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9072, James Tiffany; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9055 Kris Pomianek; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9038 William McDowell; and Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9079 Darlene Wilder as members of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15.

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9072, James Tiffany as a member of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15 and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yes, 47; Nays, 0; Absent, 1; Excused, 1.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Clements, Delvin, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Murray, Oemig, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Tom, Weinstein and Zarelli - 47

      Absent: Senator Kline - 1

      Excused: Senator Kastama – 1

APPOINTMENT OF KRIS POMIANEK

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9055, Kris Pomianek as a member of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15 and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 47; Nays, 0; Absent, 1; Excused, 1.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Clements, Delvin, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Murray, Oemig, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Tom, Weinstein and Zarelli - 47

      Absent: Senator Kline - 1

      Excused: Senator Kastama - 1

APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MCDOWELL

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9038, William McDowell as a member of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15 and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 47; Nays, 0; Absent, 1; Excused, 1.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Clements, Delvin, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Murray, Oemig, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Tom, Weinstein and Zarelli - 47

      Absent: Senator Kline - 1

      Excused: Senator Kastama - 1

APPOINTMENT OF DARLENE WILDER

      The Secretary called the roll on the confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9079, Darlene Wilder as a member of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Community College District No. 15 and the appointment was confirmed by the following vote: Yeas, 47; Nays, 0; Absent, 1; Excused, 1.

      Voting yea: Senators Benton, Berkey, Brandland, Brown, Carrell, Clements, Delvin, Eide, Fairley, Franklin, Fraser, Hargrove, Hatfield, Haugen, Hewitt, Hobbs, Holmquist, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Kauffman, Keiser, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Morton, Murray, Oemig, Parlette, Pflug, Poulsen, Prentice, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Regala, Roach, Rockefeller, Schoesler, Sheldon, Shin, Spanel, Stevens, Swecker, Tom, Weinstein and Zarelli - 47

      Absent: Senator Kline - 1

      Excused: Senator Kastama - 1

      Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9072, James Tiffany; Gubernatorial Appointment No.9055, Kris Pomianek; Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9038, William McDowell; and Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9079, Darlene Wilder having received the constitutional majority were declared confirmed as members of the Board of Trustees, Wenatchee Valley Community College No. 15.

MOTION

      At 11:05 a.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Thursday, February 1, 2007.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate