KMPH-TV: Gov. Palin speaks to 'wildly cheering crowd'

"Sarah Palin came out to an adoring crowd, and she adored them right back"
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Fresno Bee: West Hills Lemoore campus readies for Palin visit

Most of the$5,000-a-table tickets are already sold.
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Fresno Bee reporter Tracy Correa advises that West Hills College officials in Lemoore, supervising the final touches being put on the school's brand new $24 million facility today in preparation for Sarah Palin to deliver a speech there in just a few hours:

Approximately 1,500 tickets had been sold for Palin's 5 p.m. speech in the school's new Golden Eagle Arena. Tickets were still available as of 2 p.m., said Felicia Torrez, a spokeswoman for the college.

The arena seats about 1,700 people, but college officials hope to accommodate up to 2,500 by placing extra seats on the floor. Ticket prices range from $25 up to $250.

After the speech, a $5,000-a-table dinner will be held in the arena. Most of the tables are already sold.

Gov. Plain will speak for about 30 minutes about what Alaska and California have in common, and she will also address California's water issues.

- JP

Gov. Palin will return to the San Joaquin Valley May 1

"We are getting really good response to Palin. She's a rock star."
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Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak in California May 1 at a fundraiser for West Hills College on its Lemoore campus, spokeswoman Frances Squire tells The Fresno Bee's John Ellis:

Tickets are scheduled to on sale sometime next week and will start at $25.

Palin was just in the Valley last October, when she spoke at the Bakersfield Business Conference. There, she shared the stage with potential competition for the Republican presidential nomination, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

This time, she will be the featured speaker -- the second in the college's speaker's series. The first was Karl Rove, longtime confidant of former President George W. Bush and his former White House adviser.

College officials have not been actively publicizing the event -- yet -- but word has still leaked out to some in the community. And so far, Squire said, "we are getting really good response to Palin. She's a rock star."

There will also be a post-speech dinner with Gov. Palin, with ticket prices of $5000 per table.

- JP