Secretary
Kempthorne
to Go Fishing
with Kids
in Florida
MEDIA
ADVISORY:
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
October
10,
2007
Contacts:
Tom MacKenzie, 404-679-7291
What:
Secretary
of the Interior,
Dirk Kempthorne,
will go fishing
at the J. N. “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife
Refuge in Sanibel,
Florida, with
30 children
from the Ruth
Cooper Center,
a non-profit
service organization
in Lee County
in Southwest
Florida. The
Secretary is
in Florida
to name the
winner of the
2007 Duck Stamp
Contest on
Saturday, October
13 at Big Arts
in Sanibel.
Where:
J.N. “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife
Refuge
Tarpon Bay Recreation
Area
900 Tarpon Bay
Road
Sanibel, Florida
When:
Friday,
October 12, 2007,
1:45 to 3 p.m.
1:50 p.m. to
2:10 p.m: PRESS
CONFERENCE at
the boat dock
outside the concessionaire
building. Secretary
Kempthorne will
talk about the
importance of
children and
nature and will
be available
for questions.
2:15 p.m: Media
boards pontoon
boat to fishing
location
2:30 p.m: Opportunity
to photo and
video Kempthorne
fishing with
children
2:45 p.m: Media
pontoon boat
leaves for boat
dock
3:00 p.m: Media
arrives back
at boat dock
Contacts:
Chris
Paolino, Press
Secretary,
Department
of the Interior,
(202) 208-6416
Tom
MacKenzie,
Southeast Chief
of Media Relations,
Fish and Wildlife
Service,
678-296-6400
(cell); 404-679-7291
(office)
Kevin
Godsea, Lead
Park Ranger,
J.N. Ding Darling
National Wildlife
Refuge,
239-472-1100,
ext. 237
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