This blog was created by the 4-H NETWORK NEWS club of Jefferson County, WA. - a youth-run Internet multi-media club. The video segments document the people and the process involved in the identification, harvest, transport, and decoration of the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree from the Olympic National Forest in Washington State.
Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 In Wenatchee, WA
The Wenatchee College Choir sings "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas."
The Olympic National Forest is part of an emerald paradise. The Forest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the northwest corner of Washington State (the Evergreen State).
Dr. Terry Bergeson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction (left), Micah Joe (Ornament Drawing Winner), and his parents, Chief Petty Officer Alvin Joe and mom Jennifer Joe, "First Mike Gregoire", in WA DC in front of the Capitol Christmas Tree.
Claire Turner stands in front of the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree before it leaves by truck from the Washington State Capitol in Olympia to tour the state and the country on its way to Washington D.C.