{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://dennyheck.house.gov//media-center/in-the-news/thurston-county-s-newly-elected-officials-sworn-in-during-ceremony", "Thurston Countys newly elected officials sworn in during ceremony", "2014-12-30", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Denny Heck", "H001064", "dennyheck.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Newly elected Thurston County Clerk Linda Enlow said she had waited for more than 20 years for Tuesday\u2019s swearing-in ceremony at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College.\n\u201cIt\u2019s very emotional,\u201d said Enlow, who served as the county\u2019s chief deputy clerk for 21 years, under retiring Clerk Betty Gould. \u201cI\u2019m very excited.\u201d\nShe was among 11 elected officials sworn into office Tuesday afternoon by county Auditor Mary Hall.\nU.S. Rep. Denny Heck delivered a keynote speech during the event, saying that public service is about neighbors, community and relationships.\nHe passed along some advice that he received during his freshman term in the House of Representatives from retiring Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. History.\n\u201cHe said this: \u201cYou have a very important job, and you\u2019re not a very important person,\u201d Heck recalled. \u201cFor those of you who are elected, I want you to remember those words.\u201d\nMeantime, Hall compared the swearing-in ceremony to a wedding, and added that the real work was still ahead. Like marriage, Hall said elected offices will take a lot of hard work, negotiation and collaboration.\nOther officials sworn in during the ceremony were County Commissioner Bud Blake; Coroner Gary Warnock; Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim; Sheriff John Snaza; Treasurer Shawn Myers; District Court Judges Kalo Wilcox, Sam Meyer and Brett Buckley; and Public Utility District Commissioners Russ Olsen and Chris Stearns.\nHall was sworn in on Dec. 22 so that she could do an early swearing in ceremony for Assessor Steven Drew who couldn\u2019t participate in Tuesday\u2019s event due to a scheduling conflict.\nJudge Meyer took his oath alongside wife, Jennifer, and their children Charlotte, 4, and Henry, 10.\n\u201cIt really was a family affair,\u201d Jennifer Meyer said after the ceremony. \u201cWe appreciate marking the day, and being able to participate in it.\u201d\n\n\n\tSTEVE\u00a0BLOOM\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Staff\u00a0photographer", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://dennyheck.house.gov//media-center/in-the-news/thurston-county-s-newly-elected-officials-sworn-in-during-ceremony"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0224531181156635, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}