Posted: May 12, 2008  08:41

Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter announced that Priest River will be Idaho's "Capital for a Day" on Tuesday, May 20.

The first-come, first-served open opportunity to meet with the Governor, First Lady Lori Otter, selected members of the Governor's Cabinet and other senior state officials is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the second floor of the historic Beardmore Building, 119 Main St. in Priest River.

The Governor and First Lady also will join Priest River Mayor Jim Martin and other state and local leaders for a no-host luncheon at the Ranch Club Golf Course and Pizza House, U.S. Highway 2, one mile west of Priest River.

State officials joining the Governor and First Lady at Capital for a Day will include Department of Commerce Director Don Dietrich; Idaho Transportation Department Director Pam Lowe; Damon Allen, ITD's District 1 engineer; Idaho State Department of Agriculture Deputy Director Brian Oakey; Northwest Power and Conservation Council member Bill Booth; Bob Haynes, manager of the Idaho Department of Water Resources northern Idaho region manager; Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Tony McDermott; Chip Corsi, Panhandle Region supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Dan Redline, regional administrator for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality; David White, northern region manager for the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation; Karen Cotton, regional administrator for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare; Idaho Health and Welfare Board member Darrell Kerby; Jay Baker, area field officer for the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security; Roger Jansson, northern Idaho operations chief for the Idaho Department of Lands; Bridgette Bradshaw-Fleer, manager of the Idaho Department of Labor's Sandpoint office; and Jeanne Bock, director of the Panhandle Health District.

"The number and variety of critical issues and concerns to folks in the Panhandle right now makes this the ideal time to visit Priest River," Governor Otter said. "I look forward to a well-attended and productive Capital for a Day in an area where the legitimate roles of state government - from transportation infrastructure and flood control to economic development and management of endowment lands - play a big part of people's everyday lives."