MEET TERRY

TERRY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN GRANITE FALLS, WASHINGTON. HE GREW UP IN A WORKING-CLASS FAMILY, THE SON OF A CEDAR MILL WORKER WHO TAUGHT HIM THE VALUE OF HARD WORK EARLY ON. MONEY WAS OFTEN TIGHT, BUT GOOD, STEADY MILL WORK MADE THE ENDS MEET.

HIS FIRST JOB WAS PICKING BERRIES WITH OTHER KIDS. TERRY WAS A SMART STUDENT WHO DID WELL IN SCHOOL, AND WAS EAGER TO GET OUT IN THE WORLD. HE PARTICIPATED IN RUNNING START, AND AS SOON AS HE HAD HIS CREDITS HE WAS OFF TO JOIN THE TIMBER INDUSTRY HE'D GROWN UP IN. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY SEARCH & RESCUE, WORKED HARD AS A LOGGER, AND BEGAN RAISING A FAMILY.

TERRY MOVED FROM LOGGING WORK TO UNION WORK WHEN HE SAW THE PROFOUND EFFECT UNIONS CAN HAVE WHEN THEY FIGHT FOR WORKERS. HE'S IMMENSELY PROUD OF HIS WORK AS PRESIDENT OF THE COWLITZ-WHAKIAKUM CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, WHERE HE REPRESENTS WORKING PEOPLE, FIGHTS FOR THEIR RIGHTS, AND WORKS HARD TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. BUT NOTHING MAKES HIM PROUDER THAN THE THREE DAUGHTERS HE RAISED TO BE GOOD, KIND, AND HONEST PEOPLE.

TERRY'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY DESCRIBE HIM AS HONEST, LAID BACK, AND KIND. BUT PERHAPS MOST OF ALL, TERRY IS PASSIONATE. HE CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, AND THE PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS IN THE UNION. THAT PASSION DRIVES THIS CAMPAIGN, AND IS ONE OF THE BEST QUALITIES HE WILL BRING TO OLYMPIA.