Feb. 9, 2009

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Rep. Barbara Bailey sponsors Oak Harbor
High School student as legislative page
Marina Bankowski spends a week in the state House of Representatives

Marina Bankowski of Oak Harbor served as a legislative page in the Washington State House of Representatives last week. She was sponsored by Rep. Barbara Bailey – also of Oak Harbor.

“It is always a pleasure sponsoring pages – especially those who are from my hometown of Oak Harbor. I think Marina had a great week and I’m hopeful that she will share what she learned with her friends and family,” said Bailey. “Our young men and women should always feel welcomed in Olympia – whether as a page, intern, job shadow or just a visitor. My door is always open to constituents – no matter what their age.”

Marina, 15, is the daughter of Walt and Lyn Bankowski. A sophomore at Oak Harbor High School, she served as a page Feb. 2-6.

Marina’s responsibilities included delivering messages and documents to legislators and legislative assistants, committee meetings and House chambers. She also continued her regular schoolwork and spent time in the legislative page school learning about state government.

Young men and women have come to serve as pages in the Washington State Legislature since 1891. Pages are required to obtain permission from their parents and schools, and most of them stay with volunteer host families while in Olympia.

State representatives can only sponsor a limited number of pages each legislative session. Students and parents interested in the House Page Program can contact Rep. Bailey at (360) 786-7914 or bailey.barbara@leg.wa.gov.
 
More information about the House Page Program can be found at: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/HousePageProgram.aspx

For more information, contact: John Handy, Assistant Director: (360) 786-5758