PANHANDLE ENERGY
RECEIVES PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY AWARD

HOUSTON, June 21, 2004 - Panhandle Energy and its public affairs department won a Silver Excalibur Award from the Houston Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) at the organization’s annual Excalibur for Excellence awards ceremony.

The Silver Excalibur Award was presented to Panhandle Energy and its public affairs department in the Special Event category for the planning and execution of the Trunkline LNG Company groundbreaking last year.

The Excalibur Award is the highest communications award presented by the Houston Chapter of the PRSA. Through these awards, the Houston Chapter of the PRSA recognizes excellence in communications by practitioners who maintain high ethical and professional standards to achieve their organization’s goals and objectives. Judging for the awards was done by communications professionals from the Knoxville, Tenn., PRSA chapter.

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