Events are scheduled for second Pawlenty inauguration

12/16/2006

Mark Brunswick
Star Tribune
Last update: December 15, 2006 – 10:59 PM


Gov. Tim Pawlenty's second inauguration on Jan. 2 will include a worship service, the swearing-in ceremony at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul and a celebration afterward in Minneapolis.


The festivities are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. with a 45-minute worship service at the Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie. The actual ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul. All the state's newly-elected constitutional officers will be sworn in at the ceremony.


An inaugural celebration and a dinner are scheduled for 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Hilton Minneapolis in downtown Minneapolis.


The public can attend the celebration by calling the Pawlenty/Molnau Inaugural Committee at 651-842-0131 or by writing PO Box 40368, St. Paul, Minn., 55104.


A limited number of tickets are available for the dinner, dance and dessert reception. Dinner tickets are $100 per person and include the dance and dessert reception. Separate dance and dessert reception tickets are available for $40 per person.