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 communitie?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! http://capitolchristmastree2006.blogspot.com/ NOTE: Please post this 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree PSA on websites and blogs. The MP3 can also be sent to radio stations nationwide.
Colonel Mullane was born September 10, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force. As a W
