Capitol Christmas Tree 2006

Mason County 4-H Trail Builders

2008-07-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

4-H van at the cutting of the tree

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Naeomie Barrow interviews Rep. Jim Buck

2008-07-16T11:57:00.001-07:00

Capitol Christmas Tree Coverage: Claire Turner's Video Interview With Governor Gregoire

2006-12-26T17:38:00.000-08:00

Video: Claire Turner Interviews Gov. Gregoire About the Capitol Christmas Tree

Claire Turner, reporter with 4-H Network News, interviews Governor Christine Gregoire about the recent harvesting of the Capitol Christmas Tree from the Olympic Peninsula U.S. Forest. Claire helped document this special event as this is the first time that the Capitol Christmas Tree has been donated from Washington State (More Interview Photos)

The Capitol Christmas Tree: Now Shines On Capitol Hill

2006-12-25T06:09:00.000-08:00

VIDEO: Associated Press Video Feed

Access The Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony video
12/6/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 30 min.

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Photo SlideShow

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006: In Seattle

2006-12-13T15:01:00.000-08:00

The Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 arrives in Seattle from the Bainbridge ferry. November 2006

Photos: Washington DC Tree Lighting Ceremony

2006-12-13T07:28:00.000-08:00

A close up of the ornaments on the tree depicting natural resources, culture and diversity

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.

The 65-foot tree drapped with 10,000 LED lights

The Pacific Silver Fir lit-up at the US Capitol

Photo Credit:
AnnRené Joseph, Program Supervisor, The Arts, OSPI
(Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts)
Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

The Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony takes place on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. The 37-year-old Silver Fir from Olympic National Forest in Washington is 65 ft. tall and is adorned with about 3,000 ornaments and special energy efficient LED lights. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Capitol Christmas tree hauler heads for home

2006-12-10T13:08:00.000-08:00

Now that the Capitol Christmas tree has been lit in Washington, DC, OOIDA member Gordy Grove, who hauled the hand-picked tree from his home state of Washington, is heading for home – and some much needed rest and relaxation.

Grove, a resident of Langley, WA, delivered the 65-foot Pacific silver fir tree, which was harvested from the Olympic National Forest, to Washington, DC, on Nov. 27, on a specially designed 80-foot trailer. The tree was formally lit during a special ceremony by Dennis Hastert, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Dec. 6, and Grove was the featured guest of National Van Lines, the company he drives for and the event’s primary sponsor.

“It was a great experience and is one I will never forget,” Grove said. “The tree looked nice and beautiful when it was lit and I was fortunate to be the one to deliver it.”

Jorja Coulter, vice president of marketing for National Van Lines, said Grove was the company’s natural pick when deciding who should haul this year’s Christmas tree to Washington, DC, especially since Grove hauled the companion trees to Capitol Hill last year.

Now that his month-long journey around the state of Washington and across the country has ended, Grove said he plans to take a little time off around the holidays and spend it with his family.

“This has been quite an experience and I have had a great time,” Grove said.

– By Clarissa Kell-Holland, staff writer

GOP's Hastert at war with Democrat over 'Christmas' tree

2006-12-07T05:20:00.000-08:00

Sen. Patty Murray avoids C-word, opts for 'holiday' at national lighting ceremony

By Joe Kovacs
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., called this a "holiday tree" while House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., referred to it as a "Christmas tree" during last night's 43rd annual lighting of the "U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree"

When Democrats won control of Congress in November's election, the victory may have reignited a controversy many Americans thought had been settled a year ago – and that is what to call the national tree in front of the U.S. Capitol.

In 2005, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., instructed federal officials to refer to it as the "Capitol Christmas Tree," after having been called the "Capitol Holiday Tree" since the 1990s.

But at last night's lighting ceremony for the 65-foot Pacific Silver Fir, the Democrat senator from the tree's home state of Washington never used the word "Christmas" in her speech to the assembled crowd, opting instead for the term "holiday tree" twice.

"It is so wonderful and such an honor to be here tonight in the nation's capital as we light what we all believe from the other end of the country is the best holiday tree ever," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (Read More)

Tonight: The Capitol Christmas Tree Tree Lighting Ceremony

2006-12-06T07:19:00.000-08:00

Tonight at 5p.m. (EST), The Capitol Christmas Tree will be lit by Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the 2006 Tree Ornament Contest winner, Micah Joe, 8, of Tracyton Elementary, Bremerton, WA.

Watch the complete ceremony live on C-Span

WSU Helps Choose, Care For And Cover Capitol Christmas Tree

2006-12-01T17:34:00.000-08:00

PULLMAN, Wash. -- For 35 years, the Capitol Christmas tree has been harvested from one of the 50 states and transported to Washington D.C. This year, Washington State is providing a majestic, picture-perfect, 45-year-old tree that will stand in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. during the holidays.

Washington State University scientist Gary Chastagner (Photo) played a role in its selection and care. WSU Extension's 4-H Network News crew is chronicling the 65.5-foot-tall tree's cross-country journey.

Contacted last spring, Chastagner advised the U.S. Forest Service and the Washington Department of Natural Resources on the post-harvest moisture and needle retention characteristics of the types of trees on the Olympic National Forest. He also is providing advice about the tree's care while it is on the road.

He and technician Kathy Riley attached a device on the flatbed truck that is transporting the tree to monitor the environmental conditions the tree is exposed to during its trip. They also collected foliage samples to measure the initial moisture of the tree, which will be compared to foliage samples collected once the tree arrives in the Nation's capitol.

So far, the tree is doing well, Chastagner said. The first samples to monitor moisture content, taken when the tree was harvested on Nov. 1, averaged just above 112 percent, which means that over half the weight of the tree was water. The samples that were taken two weeks later showed moisture content at 110 percent. (Read More)

SeattleTimes: 4-H bloggers nail Capitol Christmas tree story

2006-11-28T16:11:00.000-08:00

For the full story on the 65-foot Pacific Silver Fir that made its way from the Olympic National Forest to Washington, D.C.,...(Read More)

Capitol Christmas Tree ORNAMENTS: WA School Contribution List

2006-11-28T09:45:00.000-08:00

School/# Of ORNAMENTS

Abounding Grace Homeschool/ 20
Academy Northwest/ 2
Adams Elementary/ 6
Assumption St. Bridget/ 2
Auburn Mountain View Highschool/ 3
Benaiah Homeschool/ 1
Blaine Elementary School/ 28
Brinnon Elementary/ 7

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Capitol Holiday Tree Cam - 1997

2006-11-28T08:40:00.000-08:00

In 1997, Senate staff set up a web cam in a third floor office of the United States Capitol Building and started a tradition that has carried on since, the Tree Cam.

The Tree Cam took a picture of the tree every minute and uploaded it to the web.

This time lapse movie combines those images covering the decoration, test lightings, and final lighting of the 1997 Capitol Holiday Tree.

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The 1997 Capitol Holiday Tree is now lit up and ready for viewing on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. And it's here, compliments of the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota.

"Each year one of our country's 156 National Forests provides the tree," explained Gary Say, a Forest Service timber management assistant on the Spearfish-Nemo Ranger District on the Black Hills National Forest. "And, because 1997 marks the centennial birthday of the Black Hills National Forest, this was a special time for the Forest Service to provide a tree from it."

The 60-foot Black Hills spruce is the third tree that South Dakota has furnished for the holiday festivities. Trees were provided in 1955 and 1970, from the Black Hills National Forest, for display on the Ellipse at the White House. "But this is the first 'people's tree' from us," Say said, "for display outdoors for visitors to the nation's capital."

Glen McNitt, FS public affairs officer for the Black Hills National Forest, said that this is the 34th tree donated cooperatively to Congress, by the Forest Service and a state or area communities, for use as the Capitol Holiday Tree.

Chuck Morris, a FS measurement specialist on the Spearfish-Nemo Ranger District, said that the tree was cut in a ceremony on Nov. 14--in the middle of a blizzard. Then it was loaded on a flatbed truck and arrived in Washington, DC on Dec. 1. He pointed out that the activities surrounding this event are funded through sponsors and donations.

The tree--with its 4,000 ornaments made by school children, senior citizens, and other residents of South Dakota--was formally lit on Dec. 10.

The 1997 Capitol Holiday Tree will be lit each evening throughout the December holiday season.

--Norene Blair

Article Source: USDANEWS - VOLUME 56 NO.10 - NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1997

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 In Wenatchee, WA

2006-11-28T08:28:00.000-08:00

The Wenatchee College Choir sings "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas."

Capitol Christmas Tree In Washington D.C.

2006-11-28T06:38:00.000-08:00

The Capitol Christmas Tree is hoisted on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov 27, 2006. The 65-foot Pacific Silver Fir was harvested from the Olympic National Forest in the northwest corner of Washington state. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) See More Photos

B.J. Packard Poem: Far West Tree

2006-11-27T11:19:00.000-08:00

Photo: Volunteers - Joan Vance and Carol Reith from 4-H show off handcrafted ornaments made by Washington state school children for the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree. Washington Ornaments Campaign

Far West Tree

Among the lower hills
Stretching almost to the sea
Lies a valley
Holding the Wynooche River

This was home
To this Pacific Silver Fir.

She was tall and elegant.
Today she is grand.
In a different way.

Throughout Washington State
She has traveled
And been admired,
Announcing her destination.

Today it is our turn.
We admire you,
Our special Pacific Silver Fir
Our Capitol Christmas tree
Lovely in all ways.

B.J. Packard

Photo: Deborah Larsen - USFS holds a handcrafted ornament.

B.J. Packard Poem: On Your Way

2006-11-27T11:13:00.000-08:00

Photo: Kellie Hamilton - USFS. The Washington State Grange (Olympia) graciously allowed us to utilize their conference room to store, sort, and package all student ornaments for Washington D.C.

On Your Way

I came to see you.
Three people escorted me
To your growing place.

How did it begin, I wondered?
Here between the boulder and old stump
Now in shreds.

How many years did it take you
To grow those 64 feet?
They wanted 80.

Man is seldom patient.
The Christmas season happens each year
Even this one.

This country
Has called you
To be its symbol.

The strong men of the woods
Will come Nov. 1st
To pull the line
To start their never-ending dagger teeth.

You’ll leave your home ground
And 30 times you’ll be praised, sung to and admired
As you pass through this state – on your way.

School children already may be
Making the ornaments which will catch the lights
That will be set aglow December 6th

I will always remember you
Strong, tall, regal
And lovely

B.J. Packard

Photo: Diane Rubiaco - USFS. Dan Hammork (WA Grange Communications Director) coordinated the collection of over 4,000 ornaments from students throughout Washington State.

B.J. Packard Poem: Transforming

2006-11-27T11:08:00.000-08:00

Photo: Linda Eng - Volunteer.

Transforming

Song to an Olympic National Forest Tree

Transforming is part of life
We laugh, cry and carry on each day
Which will eventually or soon
Be our last day.

Expressing the most of our potential
Is the business end of living

Where once you stood
Among other of your kind
Providing us with
Oxygen and Beauty.

Today a new breath of life is manifest
As you stand tall
Our Capitol’s Christmas Tree
Lights and ornaments
Share in your Transformation

B.J Parkard

Photo: Ornaments. Students from around the state created over 3,000 beautifully handcrafted ornaments that are used to decorate the 65 Companion Trees, provided to state and national offices, or used at other related events in Washington State.

Podcast: Olympia Ceremony

2006-11-25T07:28:00.000-08:00

November 6 - Dale Hom, U.S. Forest Service, is the host of this 58 minute ceremony. Governor Christine Gregoire and other state, federal and local officials gather at the Capitol Rotunda in Olympia to speak on the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Project in which a 65-foot Pacific Silver Fir was chosen from the Washington Olympic National forest.

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A production of Washington State's Public Affairs Network - providing unedited TV and Web coverage of state government deliberations and public policy events

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 Painting

2006-11-25T07:07:00.000-08:00

by tshrouf

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006: PSA #3

2006-11-23T08:45:00.000-08:00

Please post this 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree PSA on websites and blogs. The MP3 can also be sent to radio stations nationwide.

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This year the Olympic National Forest is providing the 2006 Christmas tree that will stand in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. during the holidays.

Hi. I’m Claire Turner with 4-H Network News – a youth run media club based in Port Hadlock, WA.

The 65-foot Pacific Silver fir will be decorated with 10,000 LED lights and over 3,000 ornaments handmade by Washington youth.

On December 6th, The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will light the 45 –year-old tree during a ceremony viewed on C-Span nationwide.

The biggest challenge organizing the evergreen state's national gift has been financial. You can help support our community's spirit of giving by buying a $4 Capitol Christmas Tree Lapel Pin at: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 dot org.

This is a public service message from the Capital Christmas Tree project and 4-H Network News.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

NOTE: "O' Christmas Tree" is sung by the Aberdeen High School choir

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006: PSA #2

2006-11-23T07:48:00.000-08:00

Please post this 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree PSA on websites and blogs. The MP3 can also be sent to radio stations nationwide.

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Hey!

Want to follow the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree online as it makes its 4,300 mile trek from Seattle, Washington to Washington, DC? It's easy!

You can go to Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 Dot Org and select “Tree Tracker” from the left menu bar to see the exact map location of the 65- foot Pacific Silver Fir as it motors eastward along Interstates, highways, byways, country roads and city streets.

Happy Holidays! I’m Claire Turner with 4-H Network News. Our internet news site is video blogging this historic event from chainsaw to woodchips.

SkyBitz has installed a GLS 200 satellite communicator on the custom 70-foot flatbed trailer that carries the 45 year-old tree. A signal will be sent via satellite every 15 minutes and the location will be displayed online for everyone to see.

This is a public service message from Capital Christmas Tree project and 4-H Network News.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

NOTE: Fontaine Trailer provided a special 80-foot expandable trailer to carry the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree from Washingon state to Washington D.C.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006: PSA #1

2006-11-22T18:52:00.000-08:00

Please post this 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree PSA on websites and blogs. The MP3 can also be sent to radio stations nationwide.

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Oregon provided the Capitol Christmas tree in 2002, Idaho in 2003,
Virginia in 2004, and New Mexico last year shipped a 80-foot Engelmann Spruce 1,816 miles to Washington D.C.

This year Washington State is giving the nation's Capitol a magnificent 45-year-old Pacific Silver fir that grew naturally on a steep bank above the headwaters of the Wynoochee River in the Olympic National Forest.

Happy Holidays! I’m Claire Turner with 4-H Network News.
Our internet news site is video blogging this historic event from chainsaw to woodchips.

Governor Gregoire said in our digitally recorded interview on Nov. 6, that “we are sharing with the entire country one of the finest trees we have in Washington state so they can see just how gorgeous Washington state is…”

To learn more about the Capitol Christmas Tree project and to see our video reports, go to capitol christmas tree - 2-0-0-6-dot org.

This is a public service message from the Capital Christmas Tree project and 4-H Network News.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

NOTE: "Deck The Halls" is sung by the Aberdeen High School choir

Naeomie Barrow interviews Pat Rogers, Jefferson County Commissioner, about the Capitol Christmas Tree

2006-11-19T21:01:00.000-08:00

Photo: Naeomie Barrow, 4-H Network News, interviews Pat Rogers, Jefferson County Commissioner, at the Quilcene 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree ceremony.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006: In Quilcene, WA

2006-11-19T01:06:00.000-08:00

The Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 traveled around Washington State on its way to Washington D.C. This video shows the Quilcene, WA community turning out to greet the tree.

Tracyton student to light Capitol Christmas Tree

2006-11-18T07:41:00.000-08:00

What started as a classroom project to design holiday ornaments, has led to an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. for the Capitol Christmas Tree lighting.

Micah Joe (Photo), an 8-year-old Tracyton Elementary School student, was just following directions when his holiday season was given a jump start. Students at various elementary schools across the state were invited to design ornaments for the Capitol tree, which was selected from the Olympic National Forest in Washington state.

The ornaments that Micah and his class decorated were Raven heads, decorated in black and red line forms. His teacher Amy Smith said the class only had a couple of days to put together their ornaments, one she laminated for the contest, and the others the students were able to keep.

Although all of the students had the opportunity to submit their ornaments into the Washington D.C. contest, the parent waiver is what was randomly selected. Micah’s form was selected by Mike Gregoire, Gov. Chris Gregoire’s husband, from more than 3,000 forms.

Out of all 50 states, it was Washington’s year to donate a tree to be placed on Capitol Hill. Because Washington was selected, the state also had the opportunity to send one student to light it. Micah was that student. (Read More)

Article and Photo by Erin Beil

Follow The Capitol Christmas Tree Online From Seattle To Washington, D.C.

2006-11-16T07:32:00.000-08:00

SkyBitz will provide the Tree's Exact Location Along 4,300 Mile Trek

STERLING, Va., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Want to follow the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree online as it makes its 4,300 mile trek from Seattle, Washington to Washington, DC? It's easy!

Starting tomorrow, Friday, November 17th, you can go to to see the exact map location of the tree, a 65- foot Pacific Silver Fir, as it motors eastward along Interstates, highways, byways, rural roads and city streets.

The location of the tree will be updated every 15 minutes while it is on the move and you will be able to click on each and every map location and view a detailed satellite photo of the area.

Tracking services are being provided by SkyBitz - the leading provider of trailer tracking technology for the trucking industry. SkyBitz has installed a GLS 200 satellite communicator on the flatbed trailer carrying the tree. The trailer is being provided by Fontaine Trailer Company and the truck by National Van Lines. SkyBitz will send a location signal via satellite every 15 minutes and the location will be displayed online for everyone to see. (Read More)

Central Kitsap Boy, 8, Gets to Light Capitol Christmas Tree

2006-11-15T08:57:00.000-08:00

Micah Joe was chosen from more than 3,000 Washington students for the honor.

By Chad Lewis, clewis@kitsapsun.com
November 15, 2006

Central Kitsap

Jennifer Joe was checking her e-mail last week when she noticed a subject line that said, "Congratulations ?"

Thinking it was just another sneaky e-mail ploy, she nearly deleted it. She didn’t though, and now her son, Micah, 8, will fly to Washington, D.C., next month to light the Capitol Christmas tree.

photo by Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun. Micah's 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree ornament.
"I had to call his teacher to make sure it was for real," Joe said. "I still have a hard time believing it, actually."

This year is Washington state’s turn among the 50 states to donate the Christmas tree for Capitol Hill. The tree was provided by the Olympic National Forest in partnership with the Northwest Interpretive Association. As the Capitol Christmas tree provider, Washington state gets to send a student to light it.

Micah, a second-grader at Tracyton Elementary, was selected by Mike Gregoire, husband of Gov. Chris Gregoire, from more than 3,000 students who submitted Christmas ornaments for the tree. His mother barely remembers signing the parental waiver that was randomly selected for the honor. (Read More)

4-H Enlists Kids As Reporters For Web

2006-11-14T13:50:00.000-08:00

By Evan Cael
Peninsula Daily News

Photo: Evan Cael, Peninsula Daily News interviews Claire Turner, Luke Turner and Mary Turner in the Jefferson County 4-H office.

OLYMPIA (November 13, 2006) – Gov. Christine Gregoire is used to being asked hard-hitting questions by veteran journalists, but usually the reporters aren't quite so young.

Eight-year-old Claire Turner of Port Townsend interviewed the governor in Olympia on Nov. 6 for 4-H Network News.

"Are you excited about having the Capitol Christmas tree from Washington state this year?" she asked.
"Claire, I think this is just great," said Gregoire.

"We are going to share with the entire country one of the finest trees we have in Washington state so they can see just how gorgeous Washington state is . . ."

The third grader is one of about 15 Jefferson County young people involved in the youth-run Port-Hadlock-based news station.

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Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Anna Brown, Applause Event Services

2006-11-07T14:58:00.000-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Anne Brown

Claire Turner, 4-H Network News, talks to Anne Brown, President Applause Event Services, about traveling with the 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree.

Celebrate this special occasion with logo merchandise and other high quality gifts that convey Washington's rich history and diverse ecology.

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Capitol Christmas Tree: Drawing Unveiled

2006-11-07T09:10:00.000-08:00

Artist Barbara Packard, Governor Gregoire and Olympic National Forest Supervisor Dale Hom of the U.S. Forest Service unveil Ms. Packard's drawing of the 2006 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. 2006 is the first year that Washington has provided the U.S. Capitol tree.

Steve Bloom/The Olympian

4-H Network News Capitol Christmas Tree Coverage Part 1

2006-11-07T08:56:00.000-08:00

Video: U.S. Capitol Christmas Coverage

Karl Denison, Public Information Officer, Olympic National Forest, kicks off the official Capitol Christmas Tree Cutting Ceremony at the US Forest Service Satsop Center located in the Olympic National Forest. The Aberdeen High School Gold Bears sings "The Star Spangled Banner"

NOTE: More coverage of the Capitol Christmas Tree Cutting Ceremony will be posted on our blog.

Austin Jenkins NPR Radio Interviews Mark Savage, Forest Resources, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA, as the Capital Christmas Tree rests on its trailer.

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Washington State Sends Pricey Christmas Tree to US Capitol
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Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 2

2006-11-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - part 2

This video segment features footage from the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Featured are Dale Hom with the U.S. Forest Service and the Aberdeen High School choir under the direction of Pat Wilhelms.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 3

2006-11-07T08:54:00.001-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part III

This video segment is part III of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony. Featured are Eduardo Olmedo of the U.S. Forest Service, Barbara Packard, poet, and the Aberdeen High School choir under the direction of Pat Wilhelms. Poem written and read by Barbara Packard.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 4

2006-11-07T08:54:00.000-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - part 4

This video segment shows part 4 of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony, that features Rep. Jim Buck (R), Sonia Cox, WA State Department of Transportation and Naeomie Barrow, 4-H Network News.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - part 5

2006-11-07T08:53:00.000-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - part 5

This video segment shows part 5 of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony, featuring Rep. Norm Dicks (D). Naeomie Barrow, 4-H Network News, interviews the Congressman moments after his speech.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 6

2006-11-07T08:52:00.000-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 6

This video segment features footage from the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Jim Adams, Northwest Interpretive Association, acknowledges several sponsors that provide services to the Washington State, US Forest Service national product.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 7

2006-11-07T08:51:00.001-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 7

This video segment is part 6 of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony. Barbara Packard, artist and poet, reads her poem. The Aberdeen High School choir under the direction of Pat Wilhelms sing "O Christmas Tree"

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 8

2006-11-07T08:51:00.000-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 8

This video segment is part 8 of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony. Naeomie Barrow, 4-H Network News, interviews Mo Mo MacCracken, Mason County 4-H Coordinator.

Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 9

2006-11-07T08:50:00.001-08:00

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 9

This video segment is part 9 of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony. Austin Jenkins, NPR Radio, interviews Mark Savage, WA State Dept of Natural Resources, minutes after the 65 foot Pacific Sliver Fir is placed on its custom made trailer.

Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 10

2006-11-07T08:50:00.000-08:00

Video: Video: Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 - Part 10

This video segment is part 10 of the Capitol Christmas Tree 2006 cutting ceremony. Don Svetich, U.S. Forest Service, and Phil Zembas, U.S. Forest Service (ret.), talk about harvesting the 45 year old Pacific Slliver Fir from the Olympic National Forest.