GOV. RITTER TO VISIT SOUTHEAST COLORADO FRIDAY & SATURDAY

Gov. Ritter will be visiting Otero, Bent and Prowers counties on Friday and Saturday. He will be touring Otero Junior College in La Junta, hosting roundtable discussions on education and health-care reform, and delivering keynote speeches to the Las Animas/Bent County Chamber of Commerce Farm/City Annual Banquet and the Prowers County Economic Development Inc. Annual Meeting.

 

Here is Gov. Ritter's schedule for Friday and Saturday:

 

Friday, March 14

 

10 to 11:15 a.m.                     Education Reform Roundtable Discussion

                                                Otero Junior College, 1802 Colorado Ave., La Junta

 

11:30 a.m. to Noon                Tour of Otero Junior College

                                               

12:15 to 12:45 p.m.                Meet-and-greet with Otero Junior College students

                                                Location: Game Room

 

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.                    Meeting with Southeast Colorado Elected Officials

                                                Otero Junior College, Humanities Center, Room 113

 

2:30 to 3 p.m.                         Media Availability

 

3:30 to 4 p.m.                         Rocky Ford Workforce Center Tour/Meet-and-Greet

                                                801 Chestnut, Rocky Ford

 

5 to 6 p.m.                              Community Meet-and-Greet with Gov. Ritter

John W. Rawlings Heritage Center

6^th Street and Bent Avenue, Las Animas

 

6:30 to 8 p.m.                         Las Animas/Bent County Chamber of Commerce Farm/City Banquet

                                                Las Animas High School, 300 Grove St., Las Animas

                                               

Saturday, March 15

 

9 to 10:15 a.m.                       Prowers County Economic Development Annual Meeting

                                                Cow Palace, 1301 N. Main St., Lamar

 

10:15 to 10:45 a.m.                Media Availability

                                                Cow Palace

 

11 a.m. to Noon                     Ribbon-Cutting for LiquidMaize Ethanol Plant

                                         38252 County Road 8, Lamar

 

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.                    Health-Care Roundtable Discussion

High Plains Community Health Center

200 Kendall Drive, #1, Lamar