The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and MilitaryConnection.com are proud to bring to our city the 5th Annual Simi Valley America Supports You Freedom Walk on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Please join us as we remember the victims of 9/11 and honor our troops who continue to fight for freedom. The program includes patriotic music by a military band and brief remarks by actor Gary Sinise, Captain James McHugh, Commander, Naval Base Ventura County, and Scott Strauss, former Chief of the Mineola Volunteer Fire Department. Scott was a New York City Police Officer assigned to the Emergency Services Unit on September 11, 2001. Due to the successful efforts of Scott and his fellow rescue workers, the lives of Port Authority Police Officers Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin were saved that day. Scott and his team were featured in Oliver Stone’s 2006 movie “World Trade Center.”

The program will conclude with a 1.8 mile walk from the Library’s main courtyard down to Rancho Madera Community Park where light refreshments will be served. Complementary shuttle service will return you to your cars at the Reagan Library. Event begins at 5:00 p.m.

To register for a free t-shirt, CLICK HERE. For more information please call 805-522-2977.

Also, from September 1st through September 30th, the Reagan Library, in conjunction with “For The Troops,” will be collecting donations for U.S. Soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Library’s main lobby. Items must be unwrapped and in original packaging, including: packets of trail mix, peanuts, gum, hard candy and beef jerky; snacks that are not heat sensitive and will not melt in hot temperatures; individual packets of lemonade or Crystal Light for water bottles; CDs and DVDs; used video games; AA batteries; stationery; and pre-paid phone cards. Only miniature hygiene items will be accepted

The Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration
Inaugural Golf Classic

Dinner Forum - Sunday Evening, September 12, 2010
Golf Classic at Sherwood Country Club – Monday, September 13, 2010

You are invited to participate in The Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration Inaugural Golf Classic. Packages include an elegant White House dinner beneath the wings of Air Force One on Sunday Evening, playing in the 18-hole golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, exclusive Centennial Tee Gifts and more…

Space is limited, deadline for registration is September 7, 2010.

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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation welcomes actor, writer, lawyer and commentator Ben Stein to deliver the Reagan Forum on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person and include dinner. To reserve your seats, please visit www.reaganfoundation.org/cpa or call 805-522-2977.

Ben Stein attained early success as a speechwriter for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before entering the entertainment field, becoming an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host. Mr. Stein also frequently writes commentaries on economic, political, and social issues, along with financial advice to individual investors. Prior to his presidential speechwriting, Mr. Stein was a poverty lawyer and then a trial lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission.

Mr. Stein’s columns can currently be read in The American Spectator, The Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine. He has written, co-written and published thirty books, including seven novels, largely about life in Los Angeles, and twenty-one nonfiction books, about finance and about ethical and social issue in finance, and also about the political and social content of mass culture.

He is also an extremely well known actor in movies, TV, and commercials. His part of the boring teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was recently ranked as one of the fifty most famous scenes in American film.

Did the Stimulus Bill stimulate the economy? Once the federal law was implemented in February of 2009, which parts helped the economy and which parts did not? These are just a few of the topics which James Q. Wilson, the Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine, will explore when he delivers the Reagan Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. This lecture is free to attend; however, reservations are required. Register by calling the Reagan Foundation at 805-522-2977 or online at www.reaganfoundation.org/cpa.

James Q. Wilson, who holds the nation’s highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, has enjoyed an extraordinary career, including twenty-five years at Harvard University. He was the James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at UCLA for a decade before his appointment at Pepperdine. The author or co-author of more than fifteen books, his most recent works include The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families, Moral Judgment and The Moral Sense. Others cover a wide variety of policy topics including urban problems, government regulation and bureaucracy, crime prevention, and delinquency among children.

Wilson has chaired and served on a number of national commissions including the White House Task Force on Crime, The National Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse Prevention, the Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime, and the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He is currently chairman of the Council of Academic Advisers of the American Enterprise Institute and has served on the boards of State Farm Mutual Insurance Company and Protection One. He is also a trustee of the RAND Corporation.

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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is pleased to offer another very special First Lady’s Tea and Tour.  Enjoy a traditional Tea complete with fresh baked English scones, petite finger sandwiches, a selection of delectable tea cakes and of course, tea! Following the tea guests will receive a private docent led tour of the Air Force One Pavilion, The Museum Grounds, our special White House in Miniature exhibit, and our exciting new “Born to be Wild” Celebrity Motorcycle exhibit!

1:00p.m. - 2:00p.m. - Tea
2:00p.m. - 3:30p.m. - Docent led tour

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