HOMEDALE TO HOST SEPTEMBER
‘CAPITAL FOR A DAY’

(BOISE) – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter announced today that the Owyhee County community of Homedale will be Idaho’s “Capital for a Day” on Monday, September 29^th.

The first-come, first-served open opportunity to meet with the Governor, selected members of the Governor’s Cabinet and other senior state officials is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Txoko Ona Basque Center, 333 S. Main Street, in Homedale. The Governor also will join Mayor Harold Wilson and other state and local leaders for a no-host noon luncheon at the same location.

Officials joining the Governor at Capital for a Day will include Department of Labor Director Roger Madsen; Colonel Bill Shawver, director of the state Bureau of Homeland Security; Bill Deal, director of the Idaho Department of Insurance; Brian Oakey, deputy director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture; Shelley Keen, water rights section manager for the Idaho Department of Water Resources; Margie Gonzalez, executive director of the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs; Donna Denney of the Idaho Commission on Aging; Tiffany Floyd, deputy regional administrator for the Department of Environmental Quality; Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Bob Barowsky; Scott Reinecker, regional supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Scott Stokes, deputy director of the Idaho Transportation Department; Dave Jones, District Engineer for the Idaho Transportation Department; and Bob Ford, director of business, trade and rural development for Senator Mike Crapo.

“Homedale is less than an hour’s drive from Boise, but it can seem a lot more remote when it comes to being involved with state government. My goal is to do something about that,” Otter said. “Issues like transportation, energy and health care – as well as grazing, wildfires and water – are critical to all Idahoans, and it’s important that local folks from places like Murphy Hot Springs, Grasmere and Oreana have the opportunity to weigh in on our policies and our priorities. I’m eager to spend some quality time listening to the people of Owyhee County by bringing Boise to them.”

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