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Title:  

World- Renowned Budweiser Clydesdales to Visit Illinois State Fair

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 2 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales will be on the fairgrounds for the entire duration of the 2013 Illinois State Fair. 
 Date Created:  08-02-2013 
 Agency ID:  810**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051175   Original UID: 171995 FIRST WORD: World 
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Title:  

Illinois State Fair App Puts Fair Information in the Hands of Fairgoers

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 2 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois State Fair offers more than 2,000 competitions, is home to hundreds of food vendors and hosts numerous musical and specialty acts. The sheer volume of activities may seem a bit overwhelming to fairgoers, but they shouldn't fear because the Illinois State Fair has created an app to help them. 
 Date Created:  08-02-2013 
 Agency ID:  811**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051176   Original UID: 171996 FIRST WORD: Illinois 
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2013 Illinois State Fair Crowns First Grand Champion

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 7 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Fifteen-year-old Serena Schafer was shocked when her Californian rabbits were chosen as the Grand Champion Meat Pen of the 2013 Illinois State Fair today. 
 Date Created:  08-07-2013 
 Agency ID:  822**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051185   Original UID: 172005 FIRST WORD: 2013 
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Title:  

New Society Horse Show Manager Raising Standards at the Illinois State Fair

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Mike Kirkton, the new manager of the Illinois State Fair Society Horse Show, is on a mission. The Morton, Ill., native and former Army officer wants to raise the standard on how horse shows here are viewed. 
 Date Created:  08-08-2013 
 Agency ID:  824**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051188   Original UID: 172009 FIRST WORD: New 
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Title:  

Illinois State Fair Icon To Be Unveiled

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 7 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The ever-popular butter cow will be unveiled by sculptor Sharon BuMann on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. 
 Date Created:  08-07-2013 
 Agency ID:  821**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051189   Original UID: 172010 FIRST WORD: Illinois 
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2013 Illinois State Fair Butter Cow Unveiled

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The iconic Butter Cow, an Illinois State Fair tradition for more than 90 years, is now under construction, Sculptor Sharon BuMann revealed today. 
 Date Created:  08-08 -2013 
 Agency ID:  825**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051190   Original UID: 172011 FIRST WORD: 2013 
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Kankakee County Family Three-Peats as Grand Champion of Junior Meat Goat Show

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 8 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  For the third year in a row a member of the Hummel family in Caberry, Ill., has exhibited the Grand Champion Meat Goat at the Illinois State Fair. 
 Date Created:  08-08-2013 
 Agency ID:  831**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051194   Original UID: 172015 FIRST WORD: Kankakee 
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Grand Champion Barrow and Wether Selected

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 9 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Indescribable. That is the best word 19-year-old Tyler Gradert of Geneseo could find to express the intense relief and excitement he felt after learning his Crossbred barrow had been chosen as grand champion of the 2013 Illinois State Fair. 
 Date Created:  09-09-2013 
 Agency ID:  833**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051226   Original UID: 172054 FIRST WORD: Grand 
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Title:  

Long-Time Showman Wins Junior Steer Show

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 10 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Nelson England has been showing cattle for as long as he can remember. The Knox County teens experience, which includes ten years of 4-H competition, paid off in a big way Saturday when his Crossbred steer was chosen as grand champion of the 2013 Illinois State Fair. 
 Date Created:  08-10-2013 
 Agency ID:  834**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051227   Original UID: 172055 FIRST WORD: Long 
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Two Veteran Callers Win Illinois State Fair Husband and Hog Calling Contests

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 11 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Kelley Tierney of Cornland, Ill., took home first prize in the Husband Calling Contest. The victory was her eighth in ten tries, but first since 2009. Kyle Barton of West Des Moines, Ia., won the Hog Calling Contest. He is a three-time champion, having won previously in 2010 and 2011. 
 Date Created:  08-11-2013 
 Agency ID:  835**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051228   Original UID: 172056 FIRST WORD: Two 
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Title:  

Illinois Department of Agriculture Chooses Its Sustainable Farmers of the Year

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 12 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois Department of Agriculture has named a McLean County couple its 2013 Sustainable Agriculture Farmers of the Year. Ron and Angie Ackerman of Chenoa, proprietors of Ackerman Certified Organic Farm and More, will receive the award tomorrow during the Agriculture Day Luncheon on the Directors Lawn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. 
 Date Created:  08-12-2013 
 Agency ID:  841**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051230   Original UID: 172058 FIRST WORD: Illinois 
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Title:  

Governor's Sale of Champions Smashes Seven Records

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 13 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This was an amazing year for the Governors Sale of Champions, an auction of prize-winning Illinois State Fair junior livestock. Seven records were broken, including two that more than doubled, and an eighth was tied! 
 Date Created:  08-13-2013 
 Agency ID:  844**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051237   Original UID: 172068 FIRST WORD: Governor's 
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Title:  

Bengal Tiger Encounter Features One of the Rarest Tigers in the World

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 14 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Tiana, a 450 lb., golden tabby, Bengal tiger, is not only one of the rarest big cats in the world, but also one of the beautiful tigers starring in the Bengal Tiger Encounter show appearing in Happy Hollow throughout the 2013 Illinois State Fair. 
 Date Created:  08-14-2013 
 Agency ID:  847**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051240   Original UID: 172072 FIRST WORD: Bengal 
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Title:  

Fairgoers Invited to Experience Illinois Wine

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 15 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois Wine Experience, located in the Twilight Ballroom, is giving fairgoers an opportunity to sample and purchase products from 17 different Illinois wineries. 
 Date Created:  08-15-2013 
 Agency ID:  853**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051243   Original UID: 172075 FIRST WORD: Fairgoers 
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Title:  

Tickets Available for this Weekend's Illinois State Fair Grandstand Shows

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 August 16 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Saturday, Aug. 17, pop sensation Ke$ha will perform at 8 p.m. with Mike Posner. Then Sunday, the final day of the fair, iconic American rock band Journey will perform with Night Ranger at 7:30 p.m. 
 Date Created:  08-16-2013 
 Agency ID:  856**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051249   Original UID: 172082 FIRST WORD: Tickets 
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Title:  

Destructive Tree Killing Beetle Discovered in Jo Daviess County

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 September 19 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Jo Daviess is the latest county to fall victim to the emerald ash borer, a destructive pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in North America. As it is the northwestern-most county in the state, EAB officially has spanned across the northern third of Illinois. EAB also was recently found in Whiteside County and confirmed this July. 
 Date Created:  09-19-2013 
 Agency ID:  952**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051361   Original UID: 172263 FIRST WORD: Destructive 
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Title:  

Illinois Department of Agriculture Accepting Sustainable Agriculture Grant Applications

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 September 20 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The deadline to apply for a sustainable agriculture grant from the Illinois Department of Agriculture is quickly approaching. Proposals are due no later than Oct. 15. 
 Date Created:  09-20-2013 
 Agency ID:  957**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051574   Original UID: 172538 FIRST WORD: Illinois 
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Title:  

Rock Island Latest County to Discover Destructive Tree Killing Beetle

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 October 2 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The emerald ash borer (EAB), a destructive pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in North America, has been discovered in Rock Island County. 
 Date Created:  10-02-2013 
 Agency ID:  1003**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051582   Original UID: 172545 FIRST WORD: Rock 
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Title:  

IDOA Grain Industry Tour Increases Illinois AG Exports

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 October 3 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Business relationships started on the recently-concluded Illinois Grain Tour may pay immediate dividends for Illinois agribusinesses. The foreign buyers who took part in the five-day, reverse trade mission Aug. 25-29 are projecting purchases of $173 million in the coming year. 
 Date Created:  10-03-2013 
 Agency ID:  1004**13 
 ISL ID:  000000051585   Original UID: 172548 FIRST WORD: IDOA 
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Title:  

IDOA Awarded Specialty Crop Grant Funds

 
 Volume/Number:  2013 September 25 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Agriculture Director Bob Flider today announced Illinois will receive nearly $540,000 through the federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. The funds will be split between 12 projects that are intended to expand the availability of fresh, locally-grown produce and strengthen the states specialty crop industry. 
 Date Created:  09-25-2013 
 Agency ID:  969**13 
 ISL ID:  000000052623   Original UID: 173837 FIRST WORD: IDOA 
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