Washington State. Employment Situation Report for October. Executive Summary November 17, 2009 CONTENT

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1 NOTE: Analysis contained on pages 1-4 is based on quarterly benchmarked payroll employment data detailed in Table 1 and labor force estimates detailed in Table 3. Washington State Employment Situation Report for October Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 CONTENT Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment in Washington State, Place of Work, seasonally adjusted, quarterly benchmarked Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment in Washington State, Place of Work, NOT seasonally adjusted, annually benchmarked Resident Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment, seasonally adjusted Table 4 Resident Labor Force in Washington State and Labor Market Areas, NOT seasonally adjusted Washington State Employment Security Department Labor Market and Economic Analysis Glossary Click Here! Executive Summary November 17, 2009 Washington s seasonally adjusted employment 1 fell by 5,100 in October. This is the third month of employment declines after an employment increase during July. The July increase was the only employment rise this year. Of the 5,100 jobs lost in October, 57.0 percent (2,900) came from the goods-producing sector, which is made up of the construction, manufacturing, and natural resources industries. All other sectors are lumped into the services-providing group, which despite a smaller amount of job losses (2,200), accounts for 85.0 percent of Washington state s employment. Six major sectors added jobs over the month (government, other services, information, financial activities, education/heath services, and wholesale trade), and six lost jobs (professional and business services, transportation/warehousing/utilities, construction, retail, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality). This growth stands out in comparison with recent months when only one or two sectors exhibited growth. In addition, the year-over-year loss is down from the previous month. October to October employment was down 120,000 while the September to September employment drop was 144,400. However, this difference is almost entirely accounted for by a strike that occurred in October of last year. Washington s unemployment rate rose in October to 9.3 percent from September s revised level of 9.1 percent. The labor force decreased by 0.6 percent in October while unemployment rose by 2.0 percent. For more information, contact Dave Wallace at (360) Washington State Monthly Employment Change (thousands) along with 3-Month Moving Average WA 3-Month Avg Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 1 Most of the employment numbers discussed in this report represent jobs by work location, not people. For example, if a person holds down two positions, it would be counted as two jobs in the employment series. In the section titled Labor Force Unemployment Data, we discuss people by place of residence, not jobs. In this case, a person holding down two jobs would be counted only once.

2 Industry Employment, seasonally adjusted (see Table 1) Nonfarm payrolls declined 0.2 percent or by 5,100 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in October. This decrease represents less than half of the jobs lost from September, and is somewhat smaller than the losses experienced in August. The initial estimated month-over-month job loss in September was 16,000, but has been revised downward to 11,100. Payroll employment was down by 120,000 in October 2009 over the same period last year, reflecting a 4.1 percent drop from the previous year. This was in line with the 4.0 percent annual decrease registered at the national level for nonfarm payrolls. Month-over-month employment in October in the goodsproducing sector decreased by 2,900 jobs, a drop of 0.7 percent. Mining and logging payrolls were unchanged in October compared to September, while construction employment dipped by only 600. Most of the goods-producing losses came from the manufacturing sector which lost 2,300 jobs over the month (-0.9 percent). The 600 construction jobs lost between September and October of 2009 is the smallest decline registered in over a year and a half. One must go back to March 2008 to see a smaller monthly decline in this sector. Within the construction sector, employment losses from October 2008 to October 2009 amounted to 38,900 or 19.9 percent. Regarding the three following construction subsectors, construction of buildings lost 300 jobs over the month, heavy and civil engineering added 100, and specialty trade contractors fell by 400. Over the year, the story is somewhat different; 70.0 percent of the payroll declines were concentrated in the specialty trade contractors sub-industry. Overall, the data suggests stabilizing housing markets, but somewhere short of reaching the expansion stage. Nearly four out of five goodsproducing jobs lost came from the manufacturing sector. These losses were concentrated in the aerospace and food processing sub-industries. Combined, the two sub-industries account for about half of manufacturing jobs lost in October. Over-the-year job losses are spread out over most manufacturing sub-sectors, with the one major exception being aerospace. For the year, the aerospace industry is up by 19,500 jobs or 31.6 percent. However, this apparent increase is entirely due to the strike that occurred last year. In October of 2008, some 24,000 workers went off payroll and returned a month later when the strike was over. If the strike is taken out of the equation, aerospace would have lost 4,500 jobs at a pace similar to many other manufacturing industries. Service-providing industries lost a relatively moderate 2,200 (-0.1 percent) jobs from the month prior. However, the year-overyear picture is different employment fell by 71,800 (-2.9 percent). The losses were concentrated in two industries leisure and hospitality and retail trade. If these two industries are taken out of the mix, serviceproviding industries would have posted a 2,100 gain in October compared to September. The services sector with the largest employment declines in October was leisure and hospitality, down 2,900 jobs (-1.1 percent). The bulk of these losses came from food services and drinking places, which shed 2,100 jobs over the month. For the 12-month period of October Year over Year Change by Industry - Seasonally Adjusted October 2008 to October 2009 (Change in 000s) Total Nonfarm Education and Health Services 9.9 Government 0.3 Mining and Logging -1.6 Other Services -2.6 Information -3.9 Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities -5.4 Financial Activities -6.6 Manufacturing -7.7 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 19.5 Wholesale Trade -7.7 Leisure and Hospitality Retail Trade Professional and Business Services Construction Month over Month Change by Industry - Seasonally Adjusted September 2009 to October 2009 (Change in 000s) Total Nonfarm -5.1 Government 0.9 Other Services 0.7 Information 0.7 Financial Activities 0.6 Education and Health Services 0.2 Wholesale Trade 0.2 Mining and Logging 0.0 Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities -0.6 Professional and Business Services -0.6 Construction -0.6 Retail Trade -1.4 Manufacturing -2.3 Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing -0.7 Leisure and Hospitality

3 2008 to October 2009, leisure and hospitality saw employment payrolls decline by 13,500 or 4.8 percent. This magnitude of job losses is greater than the total employment decline of 4.1 percent for the year. Retail trade also shed 1,400 jobs in October. Retail employment declines were significant in personal care products, clothing, and general merchandise. The October 2008 to October 2009 job losses in retail trade were also higher than that of overall employment, at -5.5 percent compared to -4.0 percent, respectively. Six service-providing sectors gained ground in October compared to September: government (+900); other services (+700); information (+700); financial activities (+600); education and health services (+200); and wholesale trade (+200). The financial services growth is particularly noteworthy as October was the second month of growth after 15 consecutive months of declines. This growth in financial services also corresponds with the stabilization in housing markets Jan-00 Washington & U.S. Employment November 2002 to October 2009 (Index, Dec = 100) WA Index U.S. Index Nov-02 Mar-03 Jul-03 Nov-03 Mar-04 Jul-04 Nov-04 Mar-05 Jul-05 Nov-05 Mar-06 Jul-06 Nov-06 Mar-07 Jul-07 Nov-07 Mar-08 Jul-08 Nov-08 Mar-09 Jul-09 Jan-01 Jan-02 Manufacturing Payrolls January 2000 to October 2009 (Index, 2001 = 100) Nondurables Aerospace Durables Excl Aero Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Year-over-year, there were only two service providers (or goods providers for that matter) that expanded employment payrolls education and health services (+9,900) and government (+300). Professional and business services shed 24,500 jobs between October of this year and October of last year. 3

4 Labor Force Unemployment Data, seasonally adjusted Washington s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October rose to 9.3 percent from September s revised rate of 9.1. The September rate was initially pegged at 9.3 percent but had a downward revision of two-tenths of a percentage point. The October rate was 3.4 percentage points higher than last October s 5.9 percent unemployment rate. The seasonally adjusted civilian labor force fell by 0.6 percent in October to 3,546,200. Seasonally adjusted employment was down by 26,600 over the month, and by 80,600 over the year On a seasonally 4.0 adjusted basis, 3.0 total unemployment grew by 6,300 to reach 330,900. Over the year it registered a jump of 124,900 or 60.6 percent. Nov-01 Washington, U.S., & Seattle Unemployment Rates November 2001 to October 2009 Nov-02 Nov-03 WA US Seattle Nov-04 Nov-05 Nov-06 Nov-07 Nov-08 Reconciling the Differences between Nonfarm Payrolls and Household Employment The chart to the right shows seasonally adjusted employment estimates from Current Employment Statistics (CES) and Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) programs, and LAUS employment adjusted for CES definitions 2 for Washington state from January 2007 through October In October, the employment changes for the two series (seasonally adjusted employment estimates from the CES program, also know as nonfarm payrolls, and LAUS employment adjusted for CES definitions) pointed in the same direction. Despite pointing in the same direction, there were large differences in estimations of employment declines. In contrast to the previous six months, adjusted LAUS employment estimations in October posted a significantly larger job drop of 25,300 jobs while the CES employment estimations showed 3,400,000 3,300,000 3,200,000 3,100,000 3,000,000 2,900,000 2,800,000 a significantly more modest decline of 5,100 jobs (seasonally adjusted). As a result, the difference in October between the two monthly employment estimates decreased to 3.1 percent, compared with 3.8 percent for the revised September estimations. The comparable average absolute monthly difference for the ten months of 2009 is 2.6 percent. This is about four times larger than the average of 0.7 percent for the last three years (2006 through 2008). From October 2008 to October 2009 the difference between the two series became smaller than it was in September. However, adjusted LAUS employment Jan-07 Labor Force and CES Employment Estimates, seasonally adjusted (Jan. 07 to Oct. 09) Mar-07 May-07 Jul-07 Sep-07 Nov-07 Jan-08 Mar-08 Nonag CES Adj. LF Empl. LF Employment May-08 Jul-08 Sep-08 Nov-08 Source: LMEA estimations still show a dramatically more positive picture with a drop in employment of only about 76,900. Nonfarm estimates show significantly larger employment losses of about 120,000 jobs. The last number significantly underestimates the nonfarm employment decline due to the aerospace strike, which occurred in October of last year. If the strike were taken out of the equation, the total nonfarm employment losses over the year would be 144,000 jobs. Jan-09 Mar-09 May-09 Jul-09 Sep-09 2 For more details about these adjustments see Current Employment and Local Area Unemployment Statistics Employment Comparisons 4

5 Table 1. Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment in Washington State, Place of Work 1 seasonally adjusted, quarterly benchmarked (not directly comparable to Table 2) Quarterly Benchmark: June 2009 Numerical Change Seasonally Adjusted October September October September Sep Oct to to In Thousands (Prel.) (Rev.) (Rev.) (Rev.) Oct Oct Total Nonfarm 2, , , , Total Private 2, , , , Goods Producing Mining and Logging Logging Construction Construction of Buildings Residential Building Construction Non-Residential Building Construction Heavy and Civil Engineering Speciality Trade Contractors Residential Speciality Trade Contractors Non-Residential Speciality Trade Contractors Manufacturing Durable Goods Wood Product Manufacturing Sawmills and Wood Preservation Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing Primary Metal Manufacturing Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Machinery Manufacturing Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing Electrical Equipment and Appliance Mfg Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing / Ship and Boat Building Other Durable Goods Manufacturing Non Durable Goods Food Manufacturing Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Other Food Manufacturing Petrol & coal Prods Mfg. & Plastics & Rubber Prods Mfg Paper Manufacturing Printing and Related Support Activities Services Providing 2, , , , Trade, Transportation and Utilities Wholesale Trade Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers, Non Durable Goods Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers Retail Trade Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers Furniture and Home Furnishing Stores Building Material and Garden Supply Stores Food and Beverage Stores Health and Personal Care Stores Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores General Merchandise Stores Other Retail Trade Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities Utilities What does SEASONALLY ADJUSTED mean? (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) Over the course of a year, the size of the state s labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment at the national level. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. The adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. 5

6 Table 1. Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment in Washington State, Place of Work 1 seasonally adjusted, quarterly benchmarked (not directly comparable to Table 2) (continued) Quarterly Benchmark: June 2009 Numerical Change Seasonally Adjusted October September October September Sep Oct to to In Thousands (Prel.) (Rev.) (Rev.) (Rev.) Oct Oct Transportation and Warehousing Air Transportation Water Transportation Truck Transportation / Support Activities for Transportation Support Activities for Water Transportation Warehousing and Storage Information Publishing Industries except Internet Software Publishers Telecommunications Wired Telecommunications Carriers Wireless Telcommunications Carriers Financial Activities Finance and Insurance Credit Intermediation and Related Activities Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Real Estate and Rental Leasing Professional and Business Services Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Legal Services Accounting and Bookkeeping Services Architectural and Engineering Services Computer Systems Design and Related Services Management of Companies and Enterprises Admin. and Support and Waste Mgmt. and Remediation Administrative and Support Services Employment Services Other Administrative and Support Services Waste Management and Remediation Services Education and Health Services Education Services Health Services and Social Assistance Ambulatory Health Care Services Hospitals Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Social Assistance Leisure and Hospitality Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Accommodation and Food Services Accommodation Food Services and Drinking Places Other Services Repair and Maintenance Personal and Laundry Services Membership Associations and Organizations Government Federal Government Total State Government State Government Educational Services Total Local Government Local Government Educational Services Other Local Government Native American Government Workers in Labor-Management Disputes Excludes proprietors, self-employed, members of armed forces, and private household employees. Includes all full- and part-time wage and salary workers receiving pay during the pay period including the 12th of the month. 2 Workers excluded because of involvement in labor-management dispute. Prepared by the Labor Market and Economic Analysis branch using a Quarterly Benchmark process. This process uses the most recent quarter from the Unemployment Insurance Tax Reports (currently first quarter 2009) and estimates employment from that point to present. 6

7 Table 2. Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment in Washington State, Place of Work 1 NOT seasonally adjusted, annually benchmarked (not directly comparable to Table 1) Numerical Change In Thousands, Not Seasonally Adjusted Oct. Sept. Oct. Sept. Sept Oct to to (Prel.) (Rev.) (Rev.) (Rev.) Oct Oct Total Nonfarm 2, , , , Mining and Logging Logging Construction Construction of Buildings Heavy and Civil Engineering Speciality Trade Contractors Manufacturing Durable Goods Wood Product Manufacturing Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing Non Durable Goods Food Manufacturing Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers Food and Beverage Stores Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores General Merchandise Stores Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities Utilities Transportation and Warehousing Air Transportation Water Transportation Truck Transportation Support Activities for Transportation Support Activities for Water Transportation Warehousing and Storage Information Software Publishers Wired Telecommunications Carriers Finance and Insurance Credit Intermediation and Related Activities Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Real Estate and Rental Leasing Professional and Business Services Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Legal Services Accounting and Bookkeeping Services Computer Systems Design and Related Services Management of Companies and Enterprises Admin and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation Administrative and Support Services Waste Management and Remediation Services Education Services Health Services and Social Assistance Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Social Assistance Leisure and Hospitality Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Accommodation and Food Services Food Services and Drinking Places Other Services Federal Government Total State Government State Government Educational Services Total Local Government Local Government Educational Services Workers in Labor-Management Disputes Excludes proprietors, self-employed, members of armed forces, and private household employees. Includes all full- and part-time wage and salary workers receiving pay during the pay period including the 12th of the month. Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 7

8 Table 3. Resident Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment seasonally adjusted October September October September (Prel) (Rev) (Rev) (Rev) Seasonally adjusted United States Unemployment Rate 10.2% 9.8% 6.6% 6.2% Washington Unemployment Rate 9.3% 9.1% 5.8% 5.5% Resident Labor Force 3,546,200 3,566,500 3,501,900 3,501,700 Unemployed 330, , , ,900 Seattle/Bellevue/Everett Unemployment Rate 9.3% 8.7% 4.8% 4.7% Resident Labor Force 1,516,500 1,518,500 1,469,600 1,469,200 Unemployed 140, ,300 71,000 69,800 Washington State Employment Security Department Labor Market and Economic Analysis Table 4. Resident Labor Force in Washington State and Labor Market Areas 1 NOT seasonally adjusted, annually benchmarked October 2009 Preliminary September 2009 Revised October 2008 Revised Employ- Unemploy- Unemploy- Employ- Unemploy- Unemploy- Employ- Unemploy- Unemploy- Not Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force ment ment ment Rate Labor Force ment ment ment Rate Labor Force ment ment ment Rate Washington State Total ,550,450 3,239, , ,557,280 3,250, , ,514,610 3,323, , Bellingham MSA ,760 98,860 7, ,940 97,780 8, , ,700 5, Bremerton MSA , ,880 8, , ,340 8, , ,110 6, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland MSA.. 132, ,350 7, , ,960 7, , ,740 6, Benton County 2/ ,210 90,680 5, ,610 91,130 5, ,160 88,780 4, Franklin County 2/ ,890 33,670 2, ,010 33,830 2, ,680 32,960 1, Longview MSA (Cowlitz) ,680 38,340 5, ,670 38,290 5, ,260 40,720 3, Mt. Vernon-Anacortes MSA (Skagit) 59,620 54,220 5, ,680 54,320 5, ,250 55,980 3, Olympia MSA , ,030 9, , ,560 9, , ,920 6, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD*.... 1,505,960 1,368, , ,510,980 1,375, , ,463,640 1,387,730 75, King County 2/ ,119,920 1,022,100 97, ,124,230 1,027,050 97, ,090,180 1,036,230 53, Snohomish County 2/ , ,700 39, , ,380 38, , ,500 21, Spokane MSA , ,420 19, , ,040 19, , ,390 12, Tacoma Metropolitan Division , ,290 34, , ,350 34, , ,560 23, Wenatchee MSA ,940 59,890 4, ,140 60,940 4, ,370 62,690 2, Chelan County 2/ ,150 39,470 2, ,920 40,170 2, ,090 41,320 1, Douglas County 2/ ,790 20,410 1, ,220 20,770 1, ,280 21, Yakima MSA , ,540 8, , ,270 8, , ,440 6, Aberdeen MSA (Grays Harbor)... 31,250 27,610 3, ,950 27,400 3, ,210 29,680 2, Centralia MSA (Lewis) ,970 27,330 3, ,840 27,140 3, ,500 29,160 2, Ellensburg MSA (Kittitas) ,350 19,780 1, ,040 19,500 1, ,840 20,670 1, Moses Lake MSA (Grant) ,530 40,040 3, ,510 41,300 3, ,620 42,480 2, Oak Harbor MSA (Island County).. 33,190 30,570 2, ,270 30,590 2, ,480 31,630 1, Port Angeles MSA (Clallam) ,370 27,810 2, ,180 27,590 2, ,990 28,030 1, Pullman MSA (Whitman) ,240 21, ,190 21,150 1, ,100 21, Shelton MSA (Mason) ,090 22,580 2, ,970 22,670 2, ,560 24,750 1, Walla Walla MSA (Walla Walla)... 32,340 30,620 1, ,420 29,750 1, ,610 30,240 1, Adams ,980 8, ,630 8, ,790 8, Asotin 2/ ,970 10, ,940 10, ,590 9, Clark 2/ , ,470 29, , ,800 26, , ,700 15, Columbia ,520 1, ,590 1, ,550 1, Ferry ,000 2, ,050 2, ,100 2, Garfield , , , Jefferson ,180 12, ,320 12, ,730 12, Klickitat ,780 9, ,310 10, ,240 9, Lincoln ,820 4, ,860 4, ,730 4, Okanogan ,220 22,490 1, ,190 22,470 1, ,480 23,350 1, Pacific ,090 8, ,230 8,200 1, ,220 8, Pend Oreille ,310 4, ,400 4, ,470 5, San Juan ,410 7, ,090 8, ,620 8, Skamania 2/ ,020 4, ,040 4, ,140 4, Stevens ,540 16,600 1, ,750 16,790 1, ,780 17,450 1, Wahkiakum ,540 1, ,610 1, ,790 1, / ESD forecast based on partial input from the BLS model. 2/ Estimates are determined by using the Population/Claims Share disaggregation methodology. Note: Detail may not add due to rounding. *Metropolitan Division 8 Date: 11/17/09 Benchmark: March 2009

9 Unemployment Rates by County, October 2009 NOT seasonally adjusted Clallam 8.4 Jefferson 7.4 San Juan 5.5 Island 7.9 Kitsap 7.0 Grays Mason Harbor T hurston 6.9 Whatcom 7.4 Skagit 9.0 Snohomish 10.2 King 8.7 Pierce 8.7 Chelan 6.4 Kittitas 7.4 Okanogan Ferry Douglas 6.3 Grant 8.0 Lincoln 7.2 Stevens 10.5 Pend Oreille 11.3 Spokane 7.9 Adams Whitman Pacific 10.3 Wahkiakum 10.4 Lewis 11.8 Cowlitz 12.2 Clark 13.7 Skamania 10.7 Yakima 6.7 Klickitat 7.9 Benton 5.7 Franklin 6.2 Walla Walla 5.3 Garfield 5.2 Columbia 8.4 Asotin 8.8 Contacts Greg Weeks, Ph.D., Director Labor Market and Economic Analysis (360) Dave Wallace Acting Chief Economist dbwallace@esd.wa.gov (360) Economists: Alex Roubinchtein, Ph.D. aroubinchtein@esd.wa.gov (360) Chris Thomas cthomas@esd.wa.gov (360) Nora Keith nkeith@esd.wa.gov (360) Washington State Employment Situation Report is designed to provide our customers and stakeholders with an accurate, up-to-date portrayal of Washington s economic vitality as it is reflected through our labor market data. Regional Labor Economists: Scott Bailey, Southwest Washington scott.bailey@esd.wa.gov (360) Tess Camilon, Olympic Consortium mcamilon@esd.wa.gov (360) Joe Giannamore, N.W. Washington jgiannamore@esd.wa.gov (360) Arum Kone, Eastern Washington akone@esd.wa.gov (509) Don Meseck, S. Central Washington Temporarily, Roger Miller romiller@esd.wa.gov (509) T. Baba Moussa, N. Central Washington bmoussa@esd.wa.gov (509) Desiree Phair, King County dphair@esd.wa.gov (206) ext Dean Schau, Benton-Franklin dschau@cbc2.org (509) ext Snohomish Temporarily, Desiree Phair (206) ext Paul Turek, Ph.D., Pierce pturek@esd.wa.gov (253) Doug Tweedy, Spokane dtweedy@esd.wa.gov (509) Jim Vleming, Pacific Mountain jvleming@esd.wa.gov (360)