 The Dairy Building superintendent, Marla Behrends, will emcee the
ceremony, and dairy refreshments will be served.
Following the butter cow unveiling will be a ribbon-cutting at
the newly-designed Department of Agriculture Tent, located in the
Gate 2 area of the fairgrounds. The ribbon-cutting will be at 3:30
p.m.
The new ag tent, sponsored by America's Natural Gas Alliance, has
been redesigned by the scenic design department of Millikin
University in Decatur. Representatives from both the gas alliance
and the university will attend the ceremony.
Present at both ceremonies will be Bob Flider, acting director of
agriculture; Amy Bliefnick, state fair manager; and Brittani
Schisler, the Illinois county fair queen.
The state fair will run Aug. 9-19.
[Text from
Illinois State Fair
file received from the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information] |
