Feb. 2, 2009

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Issaquah student serves as legislative page for Rep. Jay Rodne
Elliot Lawrence participates in third week of 2009 legislative session

Elliot Lawrence recently served as a legislative page in the Washington State House of Representatives Jan. 26-30. He was sponsored by Rep. Jay Rodne.

Elliot, 15, is the son of Doug and Ramona Lawrence of Issaquah. He is a 9th-grade student at Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus.

Elliot’s responsibilities included delivering messages and documents to legislators and legislative assistants, committee meetings and House chambers. He also spent time in the legislative page school learning about state government.

“Our pages work very hard each week and Elliot was a great example of this. I really appreciate his efforts and hope he enjoyed his time in Olympia,” said Rodne, R-North Bend. “I think more and more young people are becoming interested in government. And this is important. Our youth need to know that someday in the near future they will not only be voting, but possibly running for office themselves.”

Young men and women have come to Olympia to serve as pages for the Washington State Legislature since 1891. Pages must obtain permission from their parents and schools, and many choose to stay with volunteer host families. State representatives may only sponsor a limited number of pages each session.

Rep. Rodne can be contacted at (360) 786-7852 or rodne.jay@leg.wa.gov.

Additional information about the House Page Program can be found at: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/HousePageProgram.aspx 

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