August 6
Board of Ethics meets in Chicago
August 7
Last day for third party candidates to
withdraw nomination papers with
county clerk August 9 State Board of Elections meets
in Springfield
Illinois State Fair in Springfield
August 12 Opening Day:
Quarter horse racing finals. Minnie
Pearl, Pee Wee King, Jean Shepard
and the Illinois Country Opry
at grandstand.
August 13 County Fair Day:
Tractor pull, Suffolk, poultry and dorset
judging. Kramer and Company at
Lincoln Stage, and Seals and Crofts
at grandstand.
August 14 Mayors and Local Officials
Day:
Steer and barrow shows. Tammy Wynette and the
Statler Brothers at grandstand.
August 15 Veteran's Day:
Drum and bugle competition
at grandstand.
August 16 Youth and Accessibility Day:
Three Dog Night star at grandstand. Don Alan and
Miss Joey English appear at the Top of the Fair.
August 17 Agricultural and International Visitors Day:
Waylon Jennings, Jessie Colter, Tompall and his Outlaw
Band at grandstand. Sale of champions and draft horse hitches
at Coliseum.
August 18 Republican Day:
The Osmonds star at grandstand. Lithuanian folk
dancing and Freedom Fair livestock review.
August 19 Governor's Day:
Neil Sedaka and Bob Anthony at grandstand.
Western horse show.
August 20 Golden Age Day:
Polish youth folk dancing, Abe Lincoln in Illinois,
harness racing. Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
at grandstand.
August 21 Ethnic Illinois Day:
USAC dirt car race championships, Heidelberg Dutchmen
and Lee-Ogle County Bicentennial chorus. Blood, Sweat and
Tears and Mary Travers star at grandstand.
August 22 Labor Day:
Time trials USAC late model stock car race, and
Nordic and Irish folk dancing, Roger Miller at grandstand.
"Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms." —St. Augustine (354-430), Numidian Bishop of Hippo |
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