Senate Bill 5615 Newsletter 002: January 2022

Designate Pickleball The Official Washington State Sport 

 

Individuals That Testified January 12 In Panel Photo

• Senator John Lovick (Top Right)
• Kate Van Gent (Bottom Left) 
• Frances (Fran) Myer  (Top Left)
• Ralph Munro
• Frank Chiappone (Bottom Right)
• Madeleine Fraley

Kate Van Gent: I went into quasi emergency surgery on Monday the 10th to repair two retinal tears and a hemorrhage that spontaneously happened Sunday afternoon at a grocery store.
Black inky lines were floating across my vision and then I went completely blind in my left eye in the space of 20 minutes while I was searching for a fruit platter on Sunday 1/9.  

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Senate Bill 5615 Facebook Group Posts

• Senate Bill 5615 Information
• Comment On Senate Bill 5615
• How to Register to Testify in a Committee Hearing
• Joining a Committee Meeting: Video and Audio in Zoom
• Pre-filed Bills 2022
• List Of Individuals That Testified January 12, 2022
• USA Pickleball Shared Chris Egan's clip from the King 5 News broadcast January 12
• In the 1970s, Governor Dan Evans built a pickleball court at the governor's mansion.
• Seattle Metro Pickleball Association Senate Bill 5615 Action Alert: Help Make Pickleball Washington State's Official State Sport
• State Sport List
• Not a Boring Pickleball History Lesson with Jennifer Lucore
• The Origins of Pickleball how it all began
• Pickleball Birthplace Bainbridge Island
• Pickleball Inc. History Told by David McCallum/First Reading SB5615
  
• Senate Bill 5615 Legislative Sponsors
• 2020 Pickleball Hall of Fame Ceremony: Bill Bell inductee

Senate Bill 5615 (Pro) Comments

• Mike McCoy: Port Townsend, WA
• Anne Hart Smith: South Sound Pickleball Club
• Kathy Kerst, Santa Rosa, CA
• Pickleball England
• USA Pickleball
• Steve Paranto, Pickleball Hall Of Fame 2019 Inductee
• Chris Edler, Port Townsend, WA
• Tony Roig, Wearepickleball, Tampa Bay, FL

Please post your comments on the Senate Bill 5615 Facebook Group Page

Photo: Professional Pickleball Pro Zane Navratil, Brookfield, Wisconsin
“I think that becoming the official state game is a testament to growth and popularity of Pickleball, and I can’t think of a better state than the birthplace of Pickleball itself”

Senate Bill 5615 Press Reports

1. Bill would declare pickleball the official state sport of Washington KXLY Spokane, WA December 29, 2021
2. Here's a sporting idea: Make pickleball the official state sport Mill Creek Beacon December 30, 2021
3. Local-led effort trying to make pickleball official state sport Everett Herald January 8, 2022
4. Bill would name pickleball official Washington state sport KING 5 News January 12, 2022
5. Pickleball to be Touted as the Official Sport of Washington State The Island Wanderer January 12, 2022 
6. State senators propose making pickleball Washington's official sport USA TODAY January 13, 2022
7. Legislature looks to honor pickleball’s Washington origins as official state sport The Spokesman-Review January 13, 2022
8. Pickleball Points: State senators propose making pickleball Washington's official sport Palm Springs Desert Sun  January 13, 2022
9. Governor Jay Inslee Press Conference January 13, 2022 Clip
10. What's happening with schools, snow, and... pickleball? We've got you covered KUOW Public Radio NPR January 14, 2022
11. Push to make pickleball the official state sport FOX 13 Seattle January 14, 2022
12. Anna Grace Copley, Pickleball Central. Letter To The Editor January 15, 2022
13. Pickleball community rallies to make the game WA’s state sport Crosscut January 20, 2022
14. Pickleball picking up popularity. Here’s where you can play it in Miami-Dade The Miami Herald January 21, 2022

Senate Bill 5615 Newsletters

• February 2022: Senate Bill 5615 Newsletter
• March 2022:  Washington State Sport Newsletter