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Cohen to lead large delegation to LourenneMore than 1200 radio contest winners to travel with official team
Kaliburg, Ananto
August 12, 4696


President of the Republic Henry Cohen to travel to Lourenne to attend coronation of new Emperor

President of the Republic, Henry Cohen has accepted an invitation by the State of Lourenne to attend the coronation of their new Emperor, who shall lead the Canrillaise Empire.  The President shall be joined by Foreign Minister Joaquin Delgado and a retinue of 1267 Kalistanis who answered correctly in the KRTVN radio channel 3's Trip to Lourenne Trivia contest.

"Due to a small oversight," said Station 3's General Manager Herbert Arthur, "it seems that we had 1267 official winners of the contest, and as per the rules of contest, we have to pay for all to travel to Erencourt for 3 nights, provide lodging, and transportation to the coronation celebrations."  The contest, which asked listeners to simply call or text the name of the "Song of the hour" to the station, received 1267 correct responses.  Unfortunately, the rules neglected to require the announcer, Patricia Franco, to state "... for a chance to win..." the contest.  When it was discovered that this had been omitted, the General Manager had a decision to make.  "We could have pulled it back, and then disappointed all those listeners, or, we could have done something crazy, and simply honored all the correct answers.  After consultation with the board, we decided to do the correct thing, and honor the entries."

Station 3 contacted the Office of the President of the Republic, who agreed to travel with the retinue.  "We will be taking 8 planes from Kaliburg direct to Eroncourt.  Together with ODEN, who has generously agreed to finance the trip, we have secured 5 hotels for the Kalistanis, have contracted with several Lourennese catering companies, and have worked through seven travel agents to develop full three day itineraries for all contest winners.  The events will include traveling through the Lourenne countryside, visiting the National Opera, of course, attending the coronation processional, shopping and other sightseeing opportunities.  The President will see Lourenne with the retinue during one of the three days, and will attend to official state functions.

"I fully endorse KRTVN's contest idea," said President Cohen.  "This is a great opportunity for Kalistanis to see our next door neighbor.  How long has it been since there were normal relations between our two states?  We live so close, and yet, so little travels across that heavily militarized water barrier between us.  It is time this changes.  I have asked the Kalistanis to not bring any illegal substances with them, and for the 463 minors who will be traveling with us, we have obtained all necessary waivers from their parents which should allow them to travel and purchase and import souvenirs..."  The President was also thrilled to report that each Kalistani will receive a per diem for shopping set at 125 KRB a day.  "All told, this trip is costing KRTVN and ODEN a fortune, but we think this will be the dawn of a new era between our two nations.  The best method of building bridges is people to people."

The President was happy that this "convenient oversight" had occured, and looks forward to attending the Coronation and meeting the new Emperor.