Tag: illinois
member name: Nick Howes
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March 03, 2008 12:59 PM EST --
Illinois has launched the first instant lottery in the nation in which 100% of net proceeds will be used to fund HIV/AIDS prevention and education. The new "Quality of Life" Illinois lottery . . .
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December 17, 2009 11:25 AM EST --
CAHOKIA MOUNDS STATE HISTORIC SITE WINTER SOLSTICE (Madison Co). In Collinsville Sunday 12/20. At 7am Sunday, the winter solstice will be marked at Woodhenge with a sunsrise celebration. . . .
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June 06, 2009 11:47 AM EDT --
The two-day Grafton Towboat Festival is a great place to learn about one of the United States' most important and most overlooked forms of transportation. All while having a heckuva lot of fun.
The . . .
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April 22, 2009 05:56 PM EDT --
Expect traditional foods, live entertainment, carriage rides, and a first-time mass yard sale event at this year's Heritage Days activities in Okawville, Illinois, June 13th and 14th, 2009. Okawville . . .
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April 22, 2009 05:45 PM EDT --
Memorial Day is observed in numerous communities in rural Southern Illinois where patriotic feeling runs strong. From here, many sons and daughters have gone out to fight America's wars, up through . . .
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June 27, 2009 11:32 AM EDT --
Headliners at this summer's 2009 Illinois State Fair grandstand include Lynyrd Skinyrd, Kelly Clarkson, Heart, Bankles, Montgomery Gentry, and Josh Turner.
The state fair runs from August 14 to 23 at . . .
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May 28, 2009 08:25 AM EDT --
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has reopened state parks and state historic sites ordered closed by his ousted predecessor, Rod Blagojevich who is facing prosecution on federal corruption charges.
In Southern . . .
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May 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT --
Silver Creek Mill, the great arts and craft marketplace I profiled in an earlier posting, launches its summer farmer's market in Mascoutah, Illinois, this Saturday, May 30, 2009 with a special event that . . .
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June 06, 2009 11:40 AM EDT --
During this bicentennial year of 16th President Abraham Lincoln's birth, 10 Illinois state historic sites, many with Lincoln connections, are open seven days a week this for the summer tourist season. . . .
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July 02, 2009 10:22 AM EDT --
The World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville , Illinois, is being prepared for a July 12 th 60 th birthday bash. The 11 th Annual World's largest Catsup Bottle Festival/Birthday . . .
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November 24, 2009 11:52 AM EST --
This weekend...following Thanksgiving
Fri-Sun, Nov 27-29. Indian Market Days, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
Twenty-one Native American artists and vendors will participate in this weekend's . . .
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May 31, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
You can experience the attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War Two at Southern Illinois's premier aviation event in September. The Commemorative Air Force's presentation . . .
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July 17, 2009 08:34 AM EDT --
Jefferson County, Illinois, is dominated by Mt Vernon (pop. approx. 16,300), several small towns in the rural area around it. Also dominant is the northern end of Rend Lake, the second largest man-made . . .
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July 10, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
A couple events of note this weekend:
Collinsville , Illinois' World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival Car, Truck and Bike Show and Cruise-A-Palooza is being held this Saturday and Sunday, . . .
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February 26, 2009 08:03 AM EST --
In Western Illinois, the New Philadelphia Town Site located near Barry in Pike County has been designated a Nationla Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. Director Jan grimes of the . . .
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August 30, 2009 09:10 AM EDT --
The Lewis-Clark State Historic Site near Hartford, Illinois, hosts its annual Music Festival Saturday, September 12, 2009. Featured will be traditional music of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, . . .
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October 10, 2008 08:58 AM EDT --
Dachsunds will be flocking towards Southern Illinois tomorrow. The Weiner Dog Derby is a highlight of the annual Colorfest this Saturday in Anna, IL. The long, low-slung pooches will . . .
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May 25, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
At one time Sparta, Illinois, was only noted for being the stand-in for the Sparta, Georgia, setting for the Sidney Poitier movie, in the Heat of the Night.
Now it's known for something . . .
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June 26, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
Fireworks displays are being trimmed down by stricter Illinois state licensing requirements. On top of that, the price of fireworks from Japanese and Chinese suppliers is soaring. But fireworks displays . . .
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September 19, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
The Fall Equinox is being observed this weekend at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville, Illinois. The event is being held at Woodhenge, a reconstructed artifact believed to be a prehistoric . . .
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