Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, to take over [Mary] Skinner's position as House GOP vice chair after Skinner declined to run for re-election last November.On a less dramatic scale, Skinner introduced, pushed and got passed the law creating the state poet laureate position.
For Tri-Citians, there's a direct connection to April 11, when Washington's first poet laureate, Samuel Green, appears at 7 p.m. on the HUB main stage at Columbia Basin College as part of this year's Lit Fest. Lit Fest begins next week.
from Tri-City Herald: Mary Skinner, 63; she worked for kids
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