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Former Olympia mayor dies
Submitted by Rick on Wed, 07/19/2006 - 10:16pm.

From the Seatte Times:

OLYMPIA - Former two-term Olympia mayor Dave Skramstad, who turned from careers in the military, politics and business to a retirement passion for mystery writing, has died.

Skramstad died Monday in Arizona of heart failure, his family said.

Skramstad, 74, served as the capital city's first mayor under a council-manager system adopted in 1982. Although a conservative, he worked well with the liberal council to revitalize the downtown and create some of Olympia's favorite amenities, including the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, the farmers' market, and a boardwalk along Budd Inlet. He served a second term in the early 1990s.

Here's the Olympian's story on Skramstad (with info on a memorial).

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