Tag: illinois
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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June 04, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
This is a chance for some great travel experiences, either by those from across the country wanting to see what this part of the Midwest has to offer, or by Illinoisans and those in neighboring states . . .
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June 25, 2008 07:56 AM EDT --
One of the highlights of the 19th Annual Balloon Fest in Centralia, Illinois, this year will be the return of Arky. Arky is a special-shaped hot-air balloon that resembles Noah's Ark, complete with . . .
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August 02, 2008 10:24 AM EDT --
A statue of Popeye's nemesis, Brutus, or Bluto if you prefer, joins that of the pugnacious sailor and friends in Chester, Illinois, hometown of Elsie Segar, the cartoonist who created the pugnacious . . .
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November 21, 2008 09:06 AM EST --
The largest manmade lake in Illinois is Carlyle Lake, extending north from Carlyle, the county seat of Clinton County.
History
Construction began on the lake in 1957, the Kaskaskia River was dammed, . . .
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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 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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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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May 03, 2009 10:57 AM EDT --
Green Archer and the Martian Manhunter To Appear
Two costumed crusaders against crime, Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter, appear at this year's annual Superman Celebration in Metropolis Illinois. . . .
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March 28, 2008 08:38 AM EDT --
The Rainbow Ranch Petting Farm in Plum Hill, Illinois, is preparing for a spring onslaught of baby animals. The ranch located in tiny Plum Hill, Illinois, already has more than 200 animals that call it . . .
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April 03, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
Some events coming up in the next few days. I'd like to go myself but may only attend one of them. My criteria is simple: I list it if it interests me. I can promise that under . . .
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May 08, 2008 11:34 AM EDT --
This Saturday, May 10th, a one-day powwow being organized by Natives for Life is scheduled at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville, IL. The powwow will include Indian dancing . . .
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