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Northern Indiana's Oz Festival calls it quits
The organizers of an annual Wizard of Oz festival that attracted thousands of fans of the classic 1939 film to watch parades of costumed characters say this year's flood-plagued festival was their last. Brenda Maynard, president of the Indiana Wizard of...Tags: Indiana, Movies, Festive Event, Auction Service
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Nature, families retake Dunes
Tribune staff reporterForget about the surrounding steel mills and power plant. Porter County, Ind., smack in the middle of industrial ick, is evidence of what a few determined conservationists can accomplish (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text)....Tags: Architecture, Personal Service, Chicago Skyline, Statue of Liberty, Tourism and Leisure
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All's fair in a Midwest summer
Special to the TribuneHere is a list of Chicago-area county and state fairs. In general, fairgrounds open at 8 a.m. (first days sometimes start at 4 p.m.), buildings are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., carnival rides go from 11 a.m. to midnight. Call the fairgrounds for specific...Tags: McHenry County, People, Fair Grounds Corporation, Adults, Kane County
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