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Sunday
evening the Logan County Fair board president, Dean Bruns
(foreground), with board secretary Mike Maske welcomed guests to
the annual appreciation dinner for all those who serve as
superintendents at the Logan County Fair. This year the fair
will celebrate its 75th year. The fair will kick off on Aug. 2
and run through Aug. 7. This year’s grandstand highlights will
include the queen pageant, tractor pulls, demo derby; the
well-known country music group Lonestar, afternoon harness
racing, the 4-H scrambles and 4-H horse show. The fair office
is open now for advance sales of tickets. The fair also has a
new website this year,
www.logancountyfairil.com.
Picture by Nila Smith (Click on
picture for larger image.)
Jurors
speak out following a guilty verdict on Rod Blagojevich, former
Illinois governor, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. A federal jury convicted
the former governor on
17 of 20 counts, finding he abused the powers of his office in
attempted shakedowns captured on undercover government recordings.
AP photo/Antonio Perez,
pool
See story "Jurors liked Blagojevich,
but didn't believe him" below in
State
A look at a picture of the Mount Pulaski Horse
Show,
circa 1912 or 1913, courtesy of the Harry J. Wible
Photography Collection and Mount Pulaski Township Historical
Society Museum. The annual horse show on the south
side of the square drew larger crowds than any other Mount Pulaski
event from its beginning in 1912 until the shows were discontinued in
1936 due to street paving.
Although the horse shows have been discontinued, the celebration
this weekend in Mount Pulaski for their 175th birthday
should bring the crowds of old back to the town.
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identity theft now; The Best Way to Avoid Telephone Scams Is Also
the Easiest: Just hang up.
News & information for
the seniors in our community
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LDN - Entertainment
A
n
undated photo shows Vanessa Redgrave and
James Earl Jones in the Broadway premiere of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer
Prize-winning "Driving Miss Daisy," now in performances at The
Golden Theater. Producers said Monday that Jones, Redgrave and Boyd Gaines will reprise
their Broadway roles when the production shifts to London this fall.
Breastfed babies are at a
reduced risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).
Statistics reveal that for every 87 deaths from SIDS,
only 3 are breastfed.
For more information,
contact the breastfeeding peer counselor at the Logan
County Department of Public Health, 217-735-2317, ext.
246.
In this June
17 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt speaks
to the media outside court in Los Angeles. On Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a
Delaware court. McCourt cites Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig's interference with club operations and refusal to approve a
Dodgers TV deal with Fox Sports as the cause for Monday's bankruptcy
filing.
