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Sarasota News Leader April 12, 2013 Page 51 GEORGE W. BUSH TO SPEAK AT TOWN HALL 2014 A collective gasp of excitement spread through the capacity audience at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on April 8 as it realized, spurred by clues from Jay Logan, chairman of the Ringling College Library Association's Town Hall 2014 Committee, that the first speaker is scheduled to be George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States. It will be a family affair as his daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, will be the Platinum Dinner speaker on Jan. 13, 2014, the evening before Bush's address. Hager is the chairwoman of UNICEF's Next Generation steering committee, among other accomplishments. The guest speakers for Town Hall 2014 will include the following: • Platon, well-known photographer — Jan. 28. President George W. Bush in 2003. Photo by Eric Draper, courtesy of the White House via Wikimedia Commons • Lara Logan, South African journalist and The Town Hall Lecture Series benefits The war correspondent — Feb. 10. Ringling College Library Association. For more • Wes Moore, host of Beyond Belief on the information call 925-1343, email rclassociaOprah Winfrey Network — March 6. tion@comcast.net or visit rclassociation.org. • Leon Panetta, former director of the CIA and Vicki Chatley former secretary of defense — March 20. BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION TO HOST NON-PARTISAN FORUM The Better Government Association of Sarasota is inviting members of the public to a free, non-partisan forum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at the Waldemere Fire Station, 2070 Waldemere St., Sarasota. ident and CEO of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. Ayse Somersan, president of the Better Government Association, will be the moderator. The forum will be held in the second floor The topic will be Sarasota 2050 Growth Man- meeting room. agement Plan — What Now? The event has been planned to last about 90 minutes. The panelists will be Dan Lobeck, president of Control Growth Now, and Steve Queior, pres- For more information, call 343-0423.