SENATE RESOLUTION
8639
By Senator Goehner
WHEREAS, Arlene Wagner was born in the city of St. John, in Whitman County, to Lester and Ida Harwood, and she had four brothers; and
WHEREAS, Arlene was born in the year 1925 and has achieved 100 years of age; and
WHEREAS, When Arlene was a child, she worked with her family on the wheat farm, and learned about cooking; and
WHEREAS, Arlene was a baton twirler, a majorette for the St. John band, and a ballet dancer, where she learned the choreography for Alexandra Danilova's "The Nutcracker"; and
WHEREAS, Arlene married George Wagner in 1970, and raised three children, one an orchardist, one a businessman, and one who was killed in an auto accident; and
WHEREAS, Arlene is the proud grandmother of four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Arlene and her husband, George, collected nutcrackers and cofounded the nutcracker museum in Leavenworth in 1995; and
WHEREAS, Arlene and her husband donated part of their personal nutcracker collection to be featured in the museum; and
WHEREAS, The museum has grown to hold one of the largest collections of nutcrackers in the world, featuring more than 9,000 nutcrackers from across the world, and attracting tourists from around the world; and