MEDIA ALERT

You are cordially invited. We will be happy to arrange interviews before or after the event if you can’t make it.

What:
Greenhouse Raising Ceremony for Washington State University’s $8 million Plant Growth/Wheat Research Center

When:
11:30 a.m. – Noon, Saturday, October 19, 1996

Where:
Wilson Road east of Meats Lab

Who:
State and federal elected officials, ag industry officials, and representatives of the WSU College of Agriculture and Home Economics. The following have indicated intentions of attending:

Senator Slade Gorton, R-Washington
Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington
Representative George Nethercutt Jr., R-Washington
State Senator Dale Foreman, D-Wenatchee
State Sentor Valoria H. Loveland, D-Pasco
State Senator Eugene Prince, R-Thornton
Peter Goldmark, WSU Regent
Sam Smith, WSU President
Jim Zuiches, Dean, WSU College of Agriculture & Home Economics
James Moore, President, Washington Wheat Commission
Don Phillips, President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers
Tim McGreevy, Administrator, Washington-Idaho Dry Pea & Lentil Commission

Why:
The Center will provide faculty with the latest technology for growing plants under controlled environmental conditions.

Visuals:
The building is under construction.

Contact:
Terence L. Day, Information Department
WSU College of Agriculture & Home Economics
509/335-2806 (Work) 509/334-1619 (Home)
terence@wsu.edu or terenced@moscow.com

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