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Illinois' second state fair, the DuQuoin State Fair in Southern Illinois, will feature a major switch this year, going from Western World to a jungle theme. On the grandstand: Sawyer Brown and two American idol veterans.

The 10-day Illinois State Fair in Springfield this year (Aug 8-17, 2008) will include performances each night from a range of artists including ZZ Top, Weird Al Yankovic, Brooks and Dunn, and Huey Lewis and the News.

Besides grandstand acts, expect carnival rides, a huge agriculture exhibition with daily livestock shows, a demolition derby, bull riding, a petting zoo, food, and the Carnival Midway.

Celebrate and Educate is the slogan of this year's Illinois State Fair. There are more than 150 buildings full of fascinating displays and exhibits. The Illinois State Fair, held in Springfield, IL, runs August 10 -19, 2007.

U.S. Interstate 57 runs right through the middle of Marion, IL. If you're traveling I-57 and need to make a stop in Southern Illinois, Marion has plenty to offer you in the way of food, lodging and more. What's available in Marion?

The city of Marion, Illinois, has been fighting for 17 years to build a new city reservoir and chances are the fight will continue for several more years.

Parades, entertainment, fairs and good food are just a taste of the diversity of summer events here in Southern Illinois. Are you ready to brave the scorching summer heat to enjoy some of the many summer events in Southern Illinois?

A consumer's guide to discounted admission to the Texas State Fair 2007

Mount Vernon is sometimes considered the northern gateway to all things Southern Illinois. At the crossroads of Interstate 64 and Insterstate 57 and just a few miles south of Interstate 70, the community hopes to draw people southward.

The West Virginia State Fair has something for everyone. Do not miss the fun! Mark your calendar and plan on attending.

Are you planning on a trip to Southern Illinois? Then you just may want to have some fun while you're visiting. Southern Illinois offers a variety of annual festivals. While planning your trip be sure to schedule in some trips to our annual festivals.

Southern Illinois used to gain national attention for riots and property damage on Halloween. Here's how the region cleaned up and replaced the drunken brawl with Halloween fun.

You can combine a road trip in Southern Illinois with a little Christmas or birthday shopping and come back with a nice experience to show for the day as well as a unique gift to stash away for the appropriate occasion.

A preview of the upcoming North Carolina State Fair. A list of concerts and events that will be conducted during the fair.

The State Fair is probably best known for hours on the midway, the car show, and corn dogs on a stick. But venture to the area behind the Cotton Bowl, and you'll find lots of family friendly and FREE activities for toddlers.

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The Minnesota State Fair is a great opportunity to get out, have some fun and enjoy some great food, even on a stick.

The Minnesota State Fair is twelve days of fun and festivities.

Decent film musicals during the 1960's were few and far between. Find out what made "State Fair" such a dismal failure.

An abandoned duffel bag disrupted classes in two buildings at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on Wednesday while police investigated the threat.

Kentucky State Fair

From turkey legs to fried Twinkies, the North Carolina State Fair has an abundance of fair food that tempts even the most strict eaters. Choosing which to indulge in can be a daunting task; especially when our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.

The Michigan State Fair bills itself as the "best entertainment value in Michigan" The Michigan State Fair is fun filled fair state fair and fun filled fair event for everyone every day!" The Michigan State Fair is historic, as the first state fair held in the nation.

Kentucky State Fair is celebrating its 103rd year in 2007. The Kentucky State Fair runs from August 16 to 26

The Ohio State Fair will be held on August 1-12, 2007 at the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair in Columbus, Ohio. The fair offers lots of entertainment, food, music, contests, agriculture, education and fun for the family.

The Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln, runs from August 24 through Labor Day, September 3. The fair showcases the talents, products and people of Nebraska.

The Arizona State Fair announced the lineup for the 2007 session's free concert series, including big name country stars who have visited the Valley this year Gretchen Wilson and Montgomery Gentry.

"Sounds Like Fun" is the slogan for the 2007 Iowa State Fair

The Great Indiana State Fair will run from August 8-19, 2007 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianopolis. The State Fair features live animals in livestock barns, entertainment, exhibits, competitions, agriculture, food and fun.

This submission is a summary of the day my kids and I spent at the Indiana State Fair. I describe the variety of food we ate, the experiences we had, and the success of the day as a fun family activity.

The Wisconsin State Fair is a 150 year tradition.

Tickets for the 2007 Oklahoma State Fair Centennial Expo went on sale Saturday, July 7. This is the 101st year for the great State Fair of Oklahoma.

The Grand Champion of Summer is the Wisconsin State Fair, celebrating 156 years of fun this year. The first Wisconsin State Fair was held in 1851. This year the fair runs from August 2 - 12.

Kansas defeated Southern Illinois 61-58 on Thursday night to advance to the Elite Eight.

The New Jersey State Fair is an extremely popular event that draws crowds of people from all over the Northeast. In fact, people come from all over to attend the ten-day event that has something for everyone

Every year Illinois holds its state fair down in Springfield. This year, the fair is looking for many volunteers to help out.

If you plan to visit the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, be prepared for lots of walking and enjoying the many activities this fair provides.

Now that you've made it to the NC State Fair and you want to get on the rides. You beg your parents to shell out thirty or forty dollars so you can enjoy the thrills while they play games. Which rides are worth it? Which ones should you avoid?

There are a myriad of adventures waiting when you "Celebrate Our State" at the 2007 Oklahoma State Fair® Centennial Expo.

If you're like me, you can't wait until it's time for the Colorado State Fair. I'm excited for the rodeo, the concerts, the people, the vendors and of course the food.

The singing group calling itself the Five Bawdy Wenches have incorporated the Southern Illinois Ren Faire into its own entity and redesigned the fair for more fun.

It's that time of year again. What is it you might ask? Why it's the North Carolina State Fair. It starts every second Friday in October and runs for 10 straight days. There are a number of things to do, from rides to eating.

Highlights of things to do and see at the Indiana State Fair as it celebrate its 150th anniversary during the 2006 year.

Among Southern Illinois's impressive scenic areas is Fern Clyffe State Park, located near Goreham, with forested remnants from a past ice age in the form of glacial rock formations, geologic faulting and erosion.

The perennial theme of the fair is "Big Fun". The fair is always big fun, but his year the emphasis is on the simple pleasures of childhood. The new advertising campaign is named "I Won't Grow Up".

As part of his budget proposal, Governor Rod Blagojevich has planned changes to the Illinois Department of Corrections that will eliminate union jobs and replace them with political appointees.

Nationally-known metal-worker and sculptor John Medwedeff found the charm and quiet comfort of Murphysboro, Illinois, made it the perfect place to locate his forge.

The child advocacy center in Mount Vernon, Illinois, serve a third of this big state and tries to teach children when they should call on adult for help.

Illinois corn fields are being supplemented by Illinois vineyards thanks in large part to the recent growth in local wineries. Here's how it became a $20 million a year business in the heartland.

Robert Stroud (1890-1963), the Birdman of Alcatraz, is buried in Metropolis, Illinois, a town on the Ohio River, in the southernmost tip of Illinois. Metropolis is also the hometown of Superman, the only town in the entire country with that name.

Winemaking in Illinois began in the mid 1800's with a Utopian sect called the Icarians. The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail was originally the brainchild of a retired SIU professor who started his own winery in 1984....

An earthquake was felt at around 4:37am in Illinois and other parts of the midwest...

A nearly-century-old ghost oversees the Godfrey, Illinois campus of Lewis-Clark Community College, quietly haunting the 19th Century buildings amid the newer additions.

In July, Illinois began a program designed to assure that all children have access to health care, but the plan fails toa ddress big problems in the system and will fail.

The wine industry in Illinois is growing and thriving. Wineries in beautiful northern Illinois are family owned an operated and craft fine vintages of wine.

Illinois wineries are booming and to head off the competition, each one is trying to come up with the best flavored wine. Some of the new options are very creative and tasty.

The tiny community of Elizabethtown, illinois, boasts one of the state's oldest landmarks, The Rose Hotel, and a spectacular view of the Ohio River. It's worth the trip off the beaten path.

This is an article pointing out great tourist ideas near Valentine's Day.

J.C. Hagan has a sharp eye and keen wit for Illinois political analysis. It's a shame his take on the elections are right.

After five years of no state funding for school construction, southern Illinois schools needing new facilities were getting desperate. This week, five school boards banded together to do something about it.

The tiny community of Metropolis, Illinois, decided decades ago that if Superman lived in the fictional city of Metropolis, they would adopt the comic book hero as their own. The town's devotion makes for a fun afternoon of Superman history.

The city of Dallas contains an area called Fair Park. Fair Park is a designated National Historic Landmark due to its Art Deco architecture that was created for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition.

Historic 700 year old fair scheduled in Nottingham, England in the United Kingdom. Over 500 carnival rides, fantastic food, and fun with carnival tradesmen, tourists, and food vendors converge on this central Midlands city.

Alton is a home to antique shops, ghosts including that of an antique dealer, the ruins of a prison for Confederate soldiers, stops on the Underground Railroad, the Piasa Bird, and a riverboat casino.

Patrick Burns and his Ghost Hunters Paranormal Investigative Group use scientific methods to look for paranormal activity in Georgia and elsewhere. They welcome everyone from believers to skeptics who are willing to keep an open mind to join for free.

Pass Your Plate is part of a growing trends of make it and take it food shops where custoemrs are given the ingredients and the utensils to make dinner and take it home.

Going to the Brockton Fair to celebrate the 4th of July is always a great time!

Summer is the time for county fairs, state fairs and other competitions. Why not take part in the fair? There are many divisions for many interests!

Ten Thousand Villages is a store that practices fair trade and sells handmade handicrafts from around the world. If you want to shop in a relaxing environment, and know your purchases are helping those in need, Ten Thousand Villages is the store for you.

The county fair: home baked apple pies, pigs squealing while being herded into the arena for judging, kids running from booth to booth faces and hands sticky from cotton candy.

When we think of ghosts or the paranormal, we think of human entities and not canine or animals beings.

There have been many reported cases of animal hauntings in the history of paranormal research. The problem is that they don't tend to get as much attention as human hauntings do. This article looks at the mystery of animal ghosts.

This is an overview of the practices which are prohibited under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

This is a review of Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, by Al Franken. Along with discussing the books contents, I digress into stories and experiences that have shaped my personal political views.

The basic points of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and how it related to consumers. Written for the debtor.

A trip to Italy is in store for the writer who wins Vanity Fair magazine's annual essay contest. The topic for this year's contest is "What is on the minds of America's youth today?"

The following paranormal experience that involved a ghost by a lake near my home completely took me by surprise, first and foremost because I didn't realize the person I was seeing was in fact a ghost.

Join 16 natural health care providers at our 2nd annual health fair. Prizes, networking, food samples and a raffle will be there.

Started over 130 years ago, Grange Fair is the last of the true "tenting" fairs. Tents are prized possessions, passed down to family members.

Join the St. Simons ghost walk for tales of pirates, gold, and romantic gestures from beyond the grave.

Paranormal research has been around since the beginning of time. Perhaps it is our natural curiosity of the unknown that lures us into wanting answers.

Applying science to biology, maybe it's a given that the electrical impulses driving our neurological system continue beyond death. If the human body works on AC, are ghosts DC?

This article spotlights ways to confirm ghosts withougt machines or proffesionals.

If Ghost Trackers and Ghost Pictures are your thing you will LOVE these two mag's!

Today's interview is with Deborah R., Founder and Director of Ghost Seekers, a paranormal research group based in Oregon that was started in 2006.

County and state fairs make wonderful stress-free, economical vacations. Although most fairs are held in July/early August, some fairs are held in late summer.

The ghost hunting phenomenon, fueled by such shows as CBS's Ghost Whisperer, is thriving in cyberspace. This is a guide to the best of the Internet's paranormal investigators and the prey they seek.

Gail West isn't one of Southern Illinois' good ol' boys, but she's getting to know them as she shows them how the new woman in town recruits employers, businesses and investment.

If you are a fan of the paranormal and DVD box sets then you will love the Ghost Hunters 3 DVD Box Set of its Season One Episodes.

Patrick Burns, of Court TV's Haunting Evidence, and his team, Ghost Hounds, present a ghost hunters' conference in Savannah, Georgia. Whether you're only curious or whether you are an actual ghost hunter, you are welcome to attend and participate!

The two-hour Roswell ghost tour thrills, chills and entertains with tales of the paranormal at antebellum houses, old mills, and the Founders' Cemetery. Bring a camera and see if you can capture something unexplained! The tour occurs weekends year-round.

In my life, I've experience the unexplained several times, and, though I've never actually seen a ghost, I believe that there is some phenomena that can go by that name. I don't find it frightening, but I am fascinated. Here I share my ghost stories.