WHEREAS, it is important that all Idahoans have access to our state government resources and elected officials; and

        WHEREAS, the “Capitol for a Day” program is designed to provide an opportunity for the Governor and other state officials to meet Idahoans who live outside of the Capitol City and gain a firsthand understanding of the issues that are important to them; and

        WHEREAS, while the State Capitol, seat of Idaho state government, remains in Boise, Governor Otter plans to visit and conduct business in “every corner” of the State during his administration; and

        WHEREAS, Bonners Ferry is an appropriate place to begin the “Capitol for a Day” program because, according to a recent survey of users of the Idaho Corps of Discovery Passport Program, Bonners Ferry was identified as the “friendliest town in Idaho,”;

         NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim January 30, 2007, to be

“C A P I T O L   F O R   A   D A Y”
I N   B O N N E R S   F E R R Y,   I D A H O

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 30^th day of January in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.       

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE