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padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Posted: <span class="updated" title="2012-12-05T06:15:00-08:00" style="font-size: 11px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:15 am</span></div><div style="font-size: 11px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="author vcard" style="font-size: 11px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: black; display: block; float: none; width: auto; "><span class="paragraph-0" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, whose job includes oversight of the U.S. Forest Service, will hold a Town Hall meeting to discuss forestry and U.S. Forest Service policies and procedures on Monday, Dec. 10, at the Veterans Memorial Hall, 101 Memorial Drive, Weaverville.</div></span><span class="paragraph-1" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m., attendees are asked to arrive by 5 p.m.</div></span><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">Because space is limited the USDA is asking attendees to RSVP by close of business Thursday, Dec. 6, by e-mailing <a href="mailto:neszuch@fs.fed.us" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(69, 125, 157); text-decoration: underline; ">neszuch@fs.fed.us</a> or calling Nick Szuch at the Forest Service, 623-1794.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">Vilsack, a former two-term governor of Iowa, state senator and city mayor, was appointed in 2008 by then President-elect Obama to serve in the president’s cabinet as leader of the Department of Agriculture. As chair of the first-ever White House Rural Council, Vilsack has visited dozens of communities throughout the nation to engage residents in a dialogue aimed at building more vibrant rural economies.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">He was invited to Trinity County by close friend and former Weaverville resident Walter Robb who is now co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, but has maintained ties to this area where he began his career in 1977 with the opening of Mountain Marketplace.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">“He’s a good friend and I asked him to come because there is no stronger advocate for rural America in the president’s cabinet. He is close to the president and he oversees the Forest Service which is arguably the most important economic force in Trinity County,” Robb said, citing the federal agency’s responsibility for managing over three-quarters of the land in the county.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">Of the upcoming town hall meeting in Weaverville, Robb said the goal is to have a constructive, energetic community discussion with give and take dialogue on important issues affecting the county’s economic future.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">During Vilsack’s tenure as Secretary of Agriculture, the USDA has focused on promoting job growth and higher incomes in rural communities through expanded production of renewable energy, outdoor recreational opportunities and development of local and regional food supplies.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">The agency has also invested in rural housing, rural infrastructure like fire and police stations, libraries, health clinics and rural access to broadband.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>