WALLA WALLA -- A former state senator from Walla Walla received a rare award recently from the Washington state Republican Party.

Jeannette Hayner was presented with the Slade Gorton Lifetime Achievement Award at the party's fall dinner held Sunday in SeaTac, Wash. She is the ninth recipient of the award, which has previously been presented to former Gov. John Spellman, former U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn and former Attorney General Ken Eikenberry.

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