MEDIA ADVISORY: GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY TO HIGHLIGHT AGRICULTURE, VOLUNTEERISM AT 130th MARYLAND STATE FAIR

TIMONIUM, MD (August 31, 2011) – Governor  Martin O’Malley,  joined by Lt. Governor Anthony Brown and Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance, will deliver remarks on September 1 at the State Fair Agriculture Day and Volunteer luncheon and present two 2011 Smart, Green and Growing Awards, followed by a tour the fairgrounds.

WHO: Governor Martin O’Malley, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari, Acting Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Michael Scuse, and EPA Region 3 Administrator Shawn Garvin, Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society leaders.

WHAT: Governor to deliver comments and present Smart, Green and Growing Awards during the Maryland Agriculture Day and Volunteer Luncheon at the Maryland State Fair.

WHEN:  Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 11:30 p.m.

WHERE: Maryland State Fairgrounds, Administration Building, 2200 York Road, Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093. See directions at: www.marylandstatefair.com

RSVP: Media representatives planning to cover the event should RSVP by calling Julie Oberg at 410-841-5888 or Vanessa Orlando at 410-841-5889.

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