Open iCal automatically at OS X start up?

I may have missed a post on this in my search--is there any way to set iCal so that it opens automatically when starting OS X? Thanks.

I have set iCal as a login item, and it is "on" when I login. But, what I would really like is to have it open, on the screen, when I login, so it is the first thing I see. Is there any way to do this?
Dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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