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10 May ' 21:26
Delegation seeks to increase ties between Washington and China
Lt. Governor Owen and his chief of staff, Juliette Schindler Kelly, met on May 8 with Zhang Jigang, deputy director general of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government, to discuss Washington's ties with the Chinese province. The lieutenant governor has visited various cities in Shandong three times since 2002. Trade and tourism ties between the two regions have strengthened over the last decade. With Mr. Zhang were Fei Debao and Anna Chen from the Foreign Affairs Office, and Cui Aimin from the Shandong Marine & Fisheries Department and Sun Maotian of the Shandong Provincial Tourism Adminstration. The delegation met with Washington State's Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Commerce as well as the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau, to promote marine industries and tourism.Lt. governor welcomes cast iron conventioneers to Washington state
Lt. Gov. Owen welcomes the Griswold Cast Iron Cooking Convention to the state of Washington at a hotel in Renton on May 4. The lieutenant governor spoke about various attractions and points of interest throughout the state to the conventioneers, who came from across the U.S. and Canada. He also spoke of some specific points of interest to the collectors of cast iron, including the pergola made of cast iron at Seattle's Pioneer Square and the historic Chambers Building in Olympia, which has a cast iron facade.
Lt. Governor Brad Owen was the keynote speaker before the YMCA Youth Legislature during its opening session in state Senate chambers on May 2. In the image below, the lieutenant governor is with Helen M. Szablya, consul general for the Republic of Hungary for Washington, Oregon and Idaho, whose story he included in his speech. You may download an audio version (mp3 format) of his remarks here.(Video courtesy of TVW)
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03 May ' 19:40
Lt. Gov. Owen talks about democracy before
YMCA Youth Legislature at opening sessionLt. Governor Brad Owen was the keynote speaker before the YMCA Youth Legislature during its opening session in state Senate chambers on May 2. The youth legislature is meeting at the state Capitol through May 5. (Courtesy TVW)
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24 Apr ' 20:54
Chinese artist Yang returnsfor reception, calligraphy session
Chinese artist HongDuan Yang returned to
the Office of Lt. Governor Thursday to
be greeted by dozens of people during a
reception in his honor. Above Mao
Qingwen, deputy consul for the Chinese
consulate in San Francisco, presents a
letter of appreciateion to the artist,
whose work of
scrolls, calligraphy and poems will be
on display through June. The artist
and two of his assistants also
demonstrated their calligraphy skills,
below. (Staff photos).
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04 Apr ' 16:55
Works of Chinese painter and calligrapher
on display in Office of Lt. Governor
Art work and calligraphy of Chinese master painter HongDuan Yang is now on display in the foyer of the Office of Lt. Gov. Owen in Olympia. Professor Yang's work is being featured through the Lt. Governor's Art Council. Read our news release for more information.
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30 Mar ' 10:53
update Lt. Governor Owen on studies here
Several Chinese students from the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) in Guanghan in the Sichuan Province are studying aircraft maintenance at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood and air traffic control at Green River Community College in Auburn in a two-year program. Five of these students visited with Lt. Gov. Owen and staff on March 29. In the photo above are students Huang Xiuyi and Zhang Qian from Clover Park and Zhu Yuran, Xu Yaozhou and Xu Fangcheng who are at Green River. To the lieutenant governor's immediate right is Qiuqiu, the chief representative from the West China Development International Association, Inc., who coordinated the students' education in Washington. Also pictured is Abbie Fritz, executive coordinator for international programs at Green River CC, and, at the far right, Juliette Schindler Kelly, the lieutenant governor's chief of staff.
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29 Mar ' 18:24
Aviation students from Sichaun Province
Update Lt. Governor Owen on studies here
Several Chinese students from the Chengdu in the Sichuan Province of China are studying aircraft maintenance at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood and air traffic control at Green River Community College in Auburn in a two-year program. Five of these students visited with Lt. Gov. Owen and staff on March 29. In the photo above are students Huang Xiuyi and Zhang Qian from Clover Park and Zhu Yuran, Xu Yaozhou and Xu Fangcheng who are at Green River.
To the lieutenant governor's immediate right is Qiuqiu, the chief representative from the West China Development International Association, Inc., who coordinated the students' education. Also pictured is Abbie Fritz, executive assistant to the vice president and dean at Green River CC, and, at the far right, Juliette Schindler Kelly, the lieutenant governor's chief of staff.school in Randers, Denmark stopped by the Capitol on March 28 to hear from Lt. Gov. Owen as part of their tour to learn about Washington state government. The lieutenant governor's granddaughter, CammiAnn, in the green sweater at far left, is a former student at the school. (Staff photo)
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29 Mar ' 04:07
Danish students visit state Capitol
Students from the
Randers Kristne Friskole school in
Randers, Denmark stopped by the Capitol
on March 28 to hear from Lt. Gov. Owen
as part of their tour to learn about
Washington state government. The
lieutenant governor's granddaughter,
CammieAnn, in the green sweater to
Owen's right, is a former student at the
school. Washington State Mentors
Board meets in Olympia
Lt. Governor Owen, center, hosted a meeting of the Washington State Mentors' Board of Directors in the state Capitol on March 28. WSM is a support organization for groups that provide mentoring services across the state. The lieutenant governor serves as chair of WSM. (Senate photo) -
21 Mar ' 13:14
Tips for a safe spring break
Le’Juan Taylor, a member of the Washington Army National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force/Civil Operations, has penned a column for the Start Talking Now website on healthy activities for kids and parents to consider during spring break. The site is a project of the Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking, a statewide task force on which Lt. Gov. Owen is a member.Holy Rosary students pay a visit
Eighth grade students from Holy Rosary School in West Seattle crowded in Lt. Gov. Owen's office on March 20, where Owen spoke with them about the duties of his office and asked questions about their school activities (Staff photo).
). After that, the lieutenant governor and his wife, Linda, escorted the airmen across the rotunda to meet with members of the House of Representatives, then returned to Owen's office for a reception and luncheon in their honor.
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14 Mar ' 15:27
(updated March, 2012)
A Day of Remembrance:
Owen speaks on anniversary of big Japan quake
Lt. Governor Owen was among the speakers whom observed the one-year anniversary of Japan's devastasting 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake at a ceremony at the Kobe Bell in Seattle Center on March 11. You can read his remarks, as well as Seattle Times coverage of the solemn event.Lt. Governor discusses mentoring on Comcast Newsmakers. -
09 Mar ' 16:52
Gavel goes to Senator Prenticeto end 2012 regular session
Retiring Sen. Margarita Prentice, who is the Senate's president pro-tem, was invited by Lt. Gov. Owen to preside over the final minutes of the regular session before the Legislature adjourned March 8. The Legislature will resume in special session to work out the budget on Monday, March 12. (Senate photo).
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