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.
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"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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