New Grand Island showplace ready for Bush arrival

[Omaha Steve]

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Published Saturday
November 4, 2006

New Grand Island showplace ready for Bush arrival

BY DAVID HENDEE

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - The last time a president stopped in Grand Island, the political rally was held in an airport hangar. When President Bush visits Sunday, he'll inaugurate the state's newest exhibition and events center.

snip: Bush's stop is the first visit to Grand Island by a president since Ronald Reagan's September 1988 airport rally for U.S. Sen. Dave Karnes. That occurred during Reagan's trip to dedicate a building at nearby Hastings College.

Grand Island Mayor Jay Vavricek said excitement and enthusiasm were building in the state's fourth-largest city.

The Grand Island High School pep band is scheduled to perform, along with swing choirs from Kearney and Hastings. The Republican Party was distributing tickets statewide Friday, Vavricek said.

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[Whoa_Nelly]

1. * will only dirty the place

not inaugurate it