Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 9/17/08

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Scott Woodward addresses a news conference announcing Woodward’s hiring as athletic director at Washington Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at the school in Seattle. The hiring of Woodward, who has held the interim position since Todd Turner resigned in December 2007, ends a nine-month search to fill the position. Woodward also served as Washington’s vice president of external affairs since arriving at the school in 2004. Story here .

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