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(See photo at left): On the far left, Bob Johnson, executive
director Outdoor Amusement Business Association, Inc.; center, Jeff
Blomsness, co-owner of Blomsness-Theobault, operators of the
carnival at the state fair; right, Wendy Bell, director of the Miss
Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant.
(center photo): Mardelle Neuman, former Lehn & Fink employee
(photo at right): Robert Jeckel from Lincoln Logan Insurance
Services (Natalie Jeckel's Dad) visits with Gordon Ropp, Normal.
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County Fair Day Luncheon
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[Governor Ryan and Elizabeth Stoll.]
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Main Street
Lincoln Director Wendy Bell also directs the state Miss
Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant. At
the pageant each January, the state
fair queen is selected from the county fair queens. This year’s Logan County Fair Queen, Elizabeth Stoll,
will compete in the pageant next January.
Once a state queen is
crowned, Bell plans the queen’s schedule and arranges
chaperones for events all over the state during the queen’s
one-year reign. During
the state fair, the queen lives on the fairgrounds, and Bell
helps coordinate her appearances there. Bell has served as
state director of the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant
since 1994.
The state queen becomes an
employee of the Illinois Department of Agriculture and spends
her summer on the road promoting the state fairs in
Springfield and DuQuoin and the county fairs. |
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[Sheep gets refreshing bath just before boys begin
showering each other.]
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[Is it a bird? Is it a bug? Made of grass clippers,
dibble, with reflectors for eyes, this quirky-looking creature brought
chuckles from all who passed him.]
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[Competitors often need an afternoon nap during the
long, hot, tiring fair days.]
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[Trisha Youngquist absorbs scratch art.]
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[Former Lincolnite Cheryl (Goodrich) Williamson,
professional art superintendent]
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Click
here to see Illinois State Fair pictures posted Aug. 12.
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