Greg Walden begins swing through Deschutes and Jefferson counties to talk forest health, economy, jobs, renewable energy
October 10, 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) will start another leg of his extensive district work schedule when heads down to central Oregon from Hood River to on Monday talk about the economy, job creation, forest health, renewable energy, among other issues.
Walden’s district work schedule includes over 60 meetings and public events over 3,600 miles of visits with residents around the Second Congressional District. Walden completed his 353rd round trip between Oregon and Washington, D.C. last week.
MONDAY, OCT. 13
LA PINE - 8 a.m.
La Pine Middle School Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Event
16360 First Street, La Pine
Rep. Walden will visit La Pine to observe and celebrate the new Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program (FFVP) underway at the La Pine Middle and Grade Schools as a result of FFVP grants. Walden hill help prepare the snack trays that will later be distributed to classrooms throughout the school. The FFVP was expanded nationally and funded in the 2008 Farm Bill. Walden cosponsored H.R. 1600, the EAT Healthy America Act, which provided the necessary pressure to include nationwide FFVP expansion in the 2008 Farm Bill.
NEWBERRY GEOTHERMAL PROJECT TOUR – 9:15 a.m.
Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Junction of Highway 97 and Forest Rd. 9735
Rep. Walden will tour the Newberry geothermal renewable energy project at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Davenport Power, on behalf of the Northwest Geothermal Company, signed a 20-year power sales agreement with PG&E in July 2006. The agreement involves selling between 60 and 120 MW of electricity from a proposed geothermal power project on the western side of the Newberry Volcano. Walden, the vice chair of the House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, called earlier this week for longer production tax credit extensions for renewable energy, and also authored legislation to provide stable, long-term revenue for renewable energy production like geothermal power.
OFIC ANNUAL CONFERENCE KEYNOTE – 11:30 a.m.
Sunriver Resort
17600 Center Drive, Sunriver
Walden, the former chair of the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and author of legislation to update the popular and bipartisan Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA), will deliver the keynote address at the Oregon Forest Industries Council annual conference. Walden’s new bill would allow federal forest managers to use the successful tools in HFRA to treat the land most susceptible to catastrophic wildfire.
BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – 2 p.m.
Mid Columbia Credit Union
1386 NE Cushing Drive, Bend
Walden will meet with the Bend Chamber of Commerce to talk to members and also deliver a congressional update.
TUESDAY, OCT. 14
JEFFERSON COUNTY ROTARY – Noon
Mazatlan Restaurant
Highway 26N, Madras
Walden will deliver a congressional update to the Jefferson County Rotary and also take questions from the audience.
Congressman Greg Walden represents Oregon’s Second Congressional District, which is comprised of 20 counties in eastern, southern, and central Oregon. He is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and a member of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
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