MCCAIN LIKELY KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT CONFERENCE BOARD OF TRADE INVITES ARIZONA SENATOR.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Board of Trade officials have invited Sen. John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. to be keynote speaker at the organization's Feb. 24 Business Outlook Conference. McCain told conference organizers he is ``95 percent'' certain he will make it, they said. ``We've got our fingers crossed,'' said Antelope Valley Board of Trade director Gregg Anderson. Organizers hope to have confirmation within two weeks, Anderson said. McCain, an Arizona Republican who ran for president in 2000 and is being talked about as a likely presidential contender in 2008, was suggested by conference sponsors as someone they'd like to hear, Anderson said. Anderson, developer of the Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista master-planned community in Palmdale, and his wife, Janice, flew to Washington, D.C., last week to invite McCain. In a meeting at the senator's office, they handed over a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. invitation that told about the Antelope Valley and began with a clip of SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (born June 17, 1943 in Estacada, Oregon) is an American aerospace engineer noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, energy-efficient aircraft. asking McCain to be the conference's keynote speaker. McCain's press secretary didn't return telephone calls Tuesday. The Business Outlook conference will run from 7:30 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds' Poppy poppy, common name for some members of the Papaveraceae, a family composed chiefly of herbs of the Northern Hemisphere having a characteristic milky or colored sap. Pavilion. Speakers are expected to come from government and industry. Admission is $150 per person, which includes continental breakfast and lunch. Reservations can be made at the Board of Trade office at (661) 942-9581. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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