ADVISORY: Secretary Perdue in California TOMORROW and THURSDAY
(Washington, D.C., February 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will be in California TOMORROW, Wednesday, February 28th and THURSDAY, March 1st. On Wednesday, the Secretary will deliver keynote remarks at the Commodity Classic and meet with the local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) rangers and employees to survey damage from the 2017 wildfire season. USFS Ranger David Dahlberg will be in attendance. On Thursday, the Secretary will return to the Commodity Classic to participate in a town hall.
WEDNESDAY, February 28th
Secretary Perdue to Speak at the Commodity Classic
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will deliver the keynote address at the General Session of the Commodity Classic. Immediately following his remarks, the Secretary will hold a media availability.
WHEN: TOMORROW, Wednesday, February 28th beginning at 9:15 a.m. PST
WHERE: Expo Floor Main Stage, Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California 92802
*NOTE: The media availability will take place in Room 202 of the Anaheim Convention Center immediately following the Secretary’s speech.
Secretary Perdue to Join Working Lunch with USDA Forest Service Rangers and Employees
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will take part in a working lunch with local USFS Rangers and employees, including Ranger David Dahlberg, that will focus on the response efforts and the damage caused by the 2017 wildfire season as well as the issue with the way the USFS is funded. Currently, the agency is routinely borrowing money from fire prevention programs to combat ongoing wildfires. Media will be permitted to spray the top of the lunch meeting and the Secretary will have a press gaggle at the conclusion of the lunch.
WHEN: TOMORROW, Wednesday, February 28th at 11:40 a.m. PST
WHERE: Los Angeles Gateway Ranger District, 12371 Little Tujunga Canyon Road, Sylmar, California 91342
Secretary Perdue to Survey December 2017 Creek Fire Damage
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will be guided on a driving tour of areas affected by the December 2017 Creek Fire with stops at key sites along the way. Immediately following the tour, the Secretary will hold a media availability.
WHEN: TOMORROW, Wednesday, February 28th at 1:30 p.m. PST
WHERE: Los Angeles Gateway Ranger District, 12371 Little Tujunga Canyon Road, Sylmar, California 91342
THURSDAY, March 1st
Secretary Perdue to Participate in Town Hall at the Commodity Classic
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will participate in a moderated town hall at the Commodity Classic. Immediately following the town hall, the Secretary will hold a media availability.
WHEN: Thursday, March 1st at 10:45 a.m. PST
WHERE: Expo Floor Main Stage, Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California 92802
*NOTE: Media interested in covering the events should RSVP to press@oc.usda.gov by TODAY, February 27th, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, March 2, 2018
6 - 9 p.m.
in conjunction with Ogden City Arts' #FirstFridayArtStroll
POPUP LOCATION:
221 25th St, Ogden, UT 84401
exhibit runs though April 3
Introducing Scott R. Horsley. A veteran artist whose work has been shown in LA, Chicago and Miami, Scott has spent the last three years in Ogden UT as professor of visual arts at Weber State. This exhibition will feature many works from his March of Progress Series, as well as a curated selection from his I Learned it from Watching You series.
About March of Progress:
Scott says "My work looks at how technologies at every age of human civilization exert control, loudly or subtly, over human choices... In these works, Islamic geometric patterns, (an early abstract homage to the divine) pair with imagined, hallucinogenic depictions of the jet engines and rockets that have permanently changed the way we relate spatially to our place and planet....
Exploded diagrams, scientific-style illustrations, isometric projections...geometric patterns and rendering that directly references photography create a dissonance that echoes the interplay of eras and technologies."
About: I Learned it from Watching You:
"I learned from a documentary that some of the first tools that humans taught each other to make were stone spear-tips. Did you know that too? The earliest spear-tips predate spoken language. People taught each other to use them to hunt food and to fight each other.
Later: spoken languages Later: written words Later: books
Later: instructional videos
When my son was born, we received a pressure cooker as a gift. ... It came with instructions. We learned how to use the tool to make family food. Later, a pressure cooker was used to make a bomb in Boston. Then they were bombs in New York.
When I was younger I heard about a book called the Anarchist Cookbook. No one I knew had ever actually seen it, but people told me it was full of dangerous information.
I learned there is Dangerous Information. There are Secret Family Recipes. Uncommon Knowledge. The tools that nourish also destroy. I learned it from watching you."
Can't make it to the show? No worries: SHOP HERE
The men and women who serve our nation's military deserve the best. And far too often Washington fails them. We have a chance to change that.
Next week, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) plans to introduce the Military Education Savings Account Act of 2018. This proposal will allow parents of military-dependent children to utilize voluntary Education Savings Accounts (ESA) to pay for whatever educational service works best for their children.
Similarly to how veterans receive federal funding through the G.I. bill to attend any college he or she chooses, this legislation provides federal funding directly to military parents and children to attend any school or education service provider they choose.
This is the right thing to do for the men and women who serve.
This is the right thing to do for our nation's long term security.
This is the right thing to do for advancing school choice.
If you haven't heard about military Education Savings Accounts, please take a few minutes to read Heritage Action's key vote in favor of the proposal. We have a big fight on our hands because the special interests do not like this commonsense proposal. And we won't be able to win it without you.
Thank you for standing up and fighting for our brave men and women who serve.
Mike
Michael A. Needham
Chief Executive Officer
Heritage Action for America
