Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is returning to Paris Monday as a part of the Lamar County Republican Celebration’s first annual Lincoln Day Dinner and to tour a trailer manufacturing enterprise in Toco.
A former state consultant, Miller presently serves because the twelfth commissioner of the Texas Division of Agriculture, a place held since 2015.
Celebration chair Scott Hommel mentioned the commissioner plans to talk however was not sure if Miller would reply questions from the general public.
“He’ll most likely do a Q&A with a pair folks afterwards, however not similar to a basic one,” Hommel mentioned Wednesday.
Along with the 6 p.m. fundraising dinner at Heritage Corridor, 1009 W. Kaufman St., Miller plans to tour Toco-based Delco Trailers, Hommel mentioned.
“He requested if there was any areas that we may take a tour of, they usually have been obtainable,” Hommel mentioned Monday. “(Delco Trailers) simply constructed a model new facility. It’s principally the biggest trailer manufacturing facility in Lamar County, and one of many prime, or largest truly, within the nation.”
Hommel mentioned he plans to interview the two-term ag commissioner stay on his radio program Pink State Report Thursday on KZHN-AM.
The celebration’s first-ever Lincoln Day Dinner commemorates the achievements of the sixteenth United States president, Hommell mentioned.
“A Lincoln Dinner is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln and the entire attributes and every part that he did in assist of the Republican Celebration,” the chairperson defined.
Native restaurant Scholl Bros. Bar-B-Que is catering the fundraiser, in keeping with an electronic mail Hommel despatched selling the occasion.
Funds raised from the dinner will go in direction of the celebration’s funds for the fiscal yr and to advertise certified candidates for workplace, in keeping with the occasion’s Fb itemizing.
