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Walter Strom Middle School
student serves as
legislative page for Rep. Bill Hinkle
13th District lawmaker’s daughter also serves as
an honorary page
Collin Farnsworth
Woods recently served as a legislative page in the Washington
State House of Representatives. He was sponsored by Rep. Bill Hinkle,
R-Cle Elum.
Collin, 15, is the son of Charles Woods and Crystal Farnsworth of Cle
Elum. An 8th-grader at Walter Strom Middle School, Collin served as a
page from March 19-23.
“I really enjoyed sponsoring Collin as a page and heard from numerous
people here at the Legislature that he was a pleasure to work with. I
know Collin learned a lot from his time here and I hope he had a little
fun in the process,” said Hinkle. “I continue to support and believe the
House Page Program is a valuable experience for all students who pursue
the opportunity. Young people need to understand they are the next
generation of leaders – including the legislative arena. It’s also
important they know that decisions we make today in Olympia will impact
them in the future.”
As a page, Collin’s responsibilities included delivering messages and
documents to legislators in their offices, committee meetings and House
chambers during floor sessions. This responsibility is considered
important to the efficient operation of the Legislature.
In addition to assigned duties, Collin continued his regular schoolwork
two hours a day and spent time in the legislative page school learning
about state government.
Hinkle’s daughter, Rebekah, also served as an honorary page during the
same time period. She helped legislative assistants in the John L.
O’Brien Building. Rebekah also visited her father at the Washington
State Legislature earlier in the year and got to meet the governor.
Young people from across the state have come to Olympia to serve as
pages for the Washington State Legislature since 1891. Each state
representative may only sponsor a limited number of pages each session.
Pages must obtain permission from their parents and school. Most pages
live with volunteer host families while in Olympia.
Rep. Bill Hinkle with legislative page
Collin Farnsworth Woods of Cle Elum, daughter, Rebekah, who served as an
honorary page, seen with Governor Christine Gregoire
Students interested in
becoming pages can contact Rep. Hinkle directly at (360)
786-7808.
Additional information about the House Page Program can be found at:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/HousePageProgram.aspx
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