Governor Chet Culver's office issued a news release this morning with details of the governor's travel schedule for the Easter holiday weekend. Read the news release below.
GOVERNOR CULVER TO CHEER ON JOHNSON, NEWMAN AT MASTERS
Governor Attends DGA Event this Weekend in Augusta
DES MOINES – Iowa’s Governor will also be the number one fan of two Iowans playing in this year’s Masters golf tournament, as Chet Culver travels to Augusta this weekend. Iowans Zach Johnson and Jack Newman are in the field for the 2009 Masters.
Governor Culver will be in Georgia for an event sponsored by the Democratic Governors Association.
“From the success of our college student-athletes to our Olympians to now having two Iowans compete in the Masters, the past year has been a great time for Iowa sports fans,” said Governor Culver. “I am looking forward to being a part of the galleries following Zach and Jack at Augusta National this weekend.”
Zach Johnson is the 2007 Masters champion. He is a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines and Regis High School in Cedar Rapids, alma mater of First Lady Mari Culver.
Jack Newman is the reigning U.S. Amateur Public Links champion. He is a student at Michigan State University and a graduate of Hoover High School in Des Moines, where Governor Culver formerly taught.
Governor Culver is leaving for Georgia this afternoon and returning to Iowa on Monday as the legislature resumes. The trip is being paid for with campaign funds, not tax dollars.
About O.Kay Henderson
Kay is a founding member of the Radio Iowa network newsroom. In 1994, she became the network’s news director. She’s a featured reporter and commentator on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” and the 2002 recipient of the Shelley Award.
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