LOCAL STUDENT TO ATTEND PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION vs

AN APTOS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WILL HAVE (WHAT SHE CALLS) "THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME" TO ATTEND THE JANUARY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. 17-YEAR-OLD MERI WALL TAKES COLLEGE CLASSES AND WORKS IN A LOCAL LAW FIRM, BUT SHE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY POLITICAL CONNECTIONS. HER INVITATION TO THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH CAME THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM "PEOPLE TO PEOPLE." SHE WILL ALSO ATTEND THE INAUGURAL BALL ON JANUARY 20TH . WALL, WHO SAYS SHE IS THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THE INAUGURATION, IS ONE OF 600 STUDENTS, GRADES 6 THROUGH 12, PICKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INAUGURATION.