Bush to visit South Bend

SOUTH BEND -- President Bush has added a second speech to the agenda for his scheduled visit in South Bend on Thursday.\nThe Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County was expected to make 5,000 free tickets available to the public Wednesday for the Thursday afternoon speech at the airport.\nBush already was scheduled to speak Thursday at a $250-a-plate fund-raising dinner for the campaign of 2nd District Republican candidate Chris Chocola. The dinner, which is sponsored by a newly formed "Hoosiers' Salute to the President Committee," will be held at the Century Center.\nThose who pay $4,000 also will get to attend a private reception at which they can have a photo taken with the president.\nChocola said he hopes to have "a thousand or more" in attendance at the dinner.\nChocola and Democrat Jill Long Thompson are seeking to replace Rep. Tim Roemer, a Democrat who is stepping down after being in Congress since 1991. The race has attracted national attention because redistricting left the open seat a political toss-up.\nThe fund-raiser is expected to top the $250,000 raised for Chocola's campaign by Vice President Dick Cheney at a similar event May 2. A photo with the vice president costs just $1,000.