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Sonoma County, a diverse county of over one million acres, is famed for its agriculture, industry and recreation, boasting a booming economy and a unique lifestyle for its citizens. Described by the same Luther Burbank as the chosen spot of all the Earth, Sonoma County is the place

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to live, work and play as we move into the 21st century. Led by the forward looking philosophy of its governing bodies, Cinema Counties, 340,000 residents are, Ah, harmonious, successful blend of ethnic and economic backgrounds. We invite you to take a closer look at Sonoma County in

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the nineties with your host rich McGlinchy. How you doing? Everybody. Welcome to the first of two programs Sonoma County in the nineties at the 1994 Sonoma County failed. And, you know, I think these are gonna be two of the best programs we have ever done. Why?

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Because I have three of the most personable, the most talented and the loveliest co host you can imagine. I'd like to introduce my three co host on Dinah would have each of them tell you a little of what they think about apparent what's important here first

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least Alexander Lisa is married, and she is the mother of one and 4/5 Children. She could tell you a little more about that later. She's the marketing director for post movie cable. In the middle is Dina Dina Durica. Dana was with us last year. She's in

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a company. Forced women. She's the building inspector for the county of Sonoma. She is also a teacher at Santa Rosa Junior College and Alison Sanford, and Alison is the chief assistant. The third District supervisor, Tim Smith. Now I like each of you to give the audience

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your opinion of the fair or what you think is important about Lisa. Well, rich. I am just amazed by all of the activities and conveniences that the fair provides for families with small Children and infants. Of course, the kids area will be the hub of all

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kinds of great activities, like the carnival, and every day they'll feature a special theme will be over there later to see what they're doing. The pair also has some wonderful entertainment planned for kids. I know of at least 12 year old who is very excited about

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seeing Thomas the tank engine with the shining time station show they'll be performing live. Who is that person? That's my son, Kellan Rich, and I'm sure we'll be out here every day to see that show anyway. This the shining time station show will be performing live

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three times every day here at the fair. You'll not want to miss that. You also want to stop by the petting zoo. And new to the fair this year is the Reptile Safari show, which I understand is very spectacular. And if you have an infant you're

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bringing along to the fair, you want to know about the parent rest. Stations for diaper changes and feedings will find those course very convenient. So when parents bring their little ones out to the fair, they're going to have a terrific time this year. Well, you know,

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maybe Rich. I love absolutely everything out of the fair. We have the horse races, which will be to having a show on the next show. Be covering the horse races Over there, we have the trainers, breeders, the veterinarians, the stewards. It's just really exciting. There's also

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the flower show this year, which is the glory that was Rome and being Roman I feel an affinity for the good of all. And then there's also the rate dynamic show, which is our carnival, the main carnival, and it is noted for its safety. And then

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there's Uncle Sam's farm, which is just really spectacular to see all the young animals that they bring in and, you know, May can't keep me away from those animals. Speaking of animals, I really do believe that the heart and soul of the Sonoma County Fair are

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the four H and F F A kids and their animals, and I hope that no one would miss a walk through the Barnes. You can see everything from guinea pigs to pigs, hogs and sheep. Um, and I think I'm gonna spend some time with them today.

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Um, also the crafts, arts and crafts sculptures, jams, all of those types of things wonderful to see both adults and kids. The Grace Pavilion with the chopper dicer slicers. Mobs do everything you can imagine a wonderful time. You can spend all day in there and spend

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lots of money, And then the new chefs showcase where, um, Sonoma County shifts are going to be cooking. You can actually have a sit down meal from noon to eight every day. Um, and entertainment lots and lots of entertainment. Of course, it's the fair. Everything from

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paid shows to There's something free going on all day long, and everybody will want to come out and do that to that. You know, I couldn't agree with more with what these three women say about Phil. Everything they say is very, very important. And if you

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come out here, you'll enjoy each and every one of those things. I tell people every year I say, You know, there's something here for everyone. So come on out to the fair and enough talk. Let's go see the film, gentlemen. Sitting here with me right now

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is the man who get all the credit of despair is a success, and it will be. But he also get all the blame. If it wasn't his name is Manual Gonzalez and president of the Nova County Fair Board Manual. Nice to see it, but what do

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you think of the 1990 fair so far? Everything looks right at this point. Ah, like a no. I could say that I have seen any statistics, but it looks like last night. We had a great day. It was warm and crowds were up yesterday. Uh, looks

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like we had a great flower show. There's a lot of livestock here on the grounds. You know, horse racing starts today, and so that's going to draw a lot of people. And all I can say at this point, everything looks great. I haven't heard any negative

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reports so far, and I haven't either. And I would say, Ladies and gentlemen, one thing come to this normal county fair because it's gonna be the best of all. Another very important part of the wreck site animal competition, the judging of the four H and F

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F kids animals. And she eloquent sitting in with me now again, is the person who is in charge of that a premium supervisor. What about the animals situation? Shall we say this rich? We've got just ah, absolutely packed barn with all kinds of different animal exhibits.

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We start out with the fair with our market lamp show, where we have over 600 market lambs and we also have beef cattle. We've got dairy cattle with an actual working milking barn. We've got dairy goats. Don't forget the rabbits and chickens up in the poultry

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barn to force the pigs way out back. The important thing is is that we have a variety of animals on display all throughout the fair. Yeah, it really is marvelous. And I know you do a great job getting it all together, and, you know, rather than

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just talk about a more, let's going Alison at the sheep on some of these Hi. We're down here at the animal barns. And today I have Todd Thompson with me. He's with the F F A. And he's going to tell us a little bit. About what

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is that Face? An organization in high school. And it's called Future Farmers of America. It's where you get to raise sheep, pigs, beef, whatever you want. Any animal you could do. Vegetables, gardens, whatever. It's just a fun place to be. And now tell us something about

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sheep. Um, how do you end up here today? What? When did you first get the animal? Tell us a little bit about how you got from it Being small to today. Well, you get them when they're about three years, three months old and you feed him,

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you pretty much take care of him and you at the turn in some entries. Fair board. It's like to 15 per lamb. And when you get here, you try to show him the best you can. Now I know that the sheep themselves have been shown for

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championship previous to today. What are you doing today? It's called showmanship. And, uh, it's where you try to put your lamb and yourself in the best position for the judge, and you tryto do as best you can with your animal in and yourself. So not only

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the animals win today, but the kids win and we all win by coming down in supporting FF A and four H kids and their animals here at the Fair. Man, you know there's no county fair is very proud of the fact they have tremendous entertainment for

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Children, the kiddies, carnival and many other things. And I think that you should be thing. So let's join least Alexander at the kids area. Okay, Rich, we're back at the kids area, and I'm visiting with Linda the clown. She's in charge of theme day today, which

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is Halloween comes early, Linda I know that clowns are here to make everybody happy. Are you having a good time? I'm having a wonderful day here at the fair today. Thank you. Great. Just just give me an idea of some of the activities that are happening

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today. Well, I think the best activity we're doing today is face painting. Normally, you take your Children out and you have someone else paint their faces. But today the Children paint their faces. What a great idea. And remember that every day of the fair, there's a

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different theme. And over to my left, there's elephant rides. Every day they're free from 1 to 6. And then over behind me is the shining time station set with Thomas the Tank engine. Thomas, the tank engine will be here live three times a day, every day

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at the fair. And the those times were at 13 and five. I've just finished the best plate of basilica pasta I think I've ever had. And here is the great man who makes it all possible. Arturo a Plateau Joe. Tell me, are toe. What do you

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do to get all this pasta together here? A long, longer? Many our work. What time do you start in the morning? Uh, five oclock, 5 a.m. And how many employees do you have? About 20. 20 already? He's still doing all that volunteer work that I hear

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about. You are one of the most generous, wonderful Italian men that there are ways still does. Still, don't tell me some of the things that you do. Like your Channel 22 next this Thursday. They have tomorrow up in the park. How many? They talk about the

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reality of Ellen. We feed all the volunteer. They also wanted to the stage all that fundraising. So you to feed all of the volunteers. That's really great art. Does all kinds of things like this everywhere all over the county all year around. Not just a fair

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time. So thank you are one of the most wonderful parts of Sonoma County. Fair is the entertainment, all kinds of entertainment. And it's all the responsibility of the woman sitting with me. Jane, Ingo and Jamie tell us something about the 1994 fair entertainment. Well, this year.

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In addition to headline Entertainment musical entertainment every night of the week, we've offered some things for the whole two weeks of the fair, and my particular favorite is something for the youngest Children in the kids area. Shining Time Station live. And it's a combination of professional

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singers and dancers who leave the kids and sing alongs with that world famous Thomas the tank engine, all 16 feet of him with his godly eyes. And he is there every day in the kids area, three times a day for slightly older kids. Well, they don't

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like to be called kids. The teenagers. We have virtual reality, which is a chance to actually get inside of a video game. Then, for those who are looking for a little more traditional scary for entertainment, we have Don Moyers Reptile Safari. You walk by the stage

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these days and you hear people gasping as the snakes come out, so that's exciting. In the Cajun village, we have Cajun storytelling in music all day long. On other stages, we have music, jugglers, clowns that we have a guy doing Yo yo tricks. We've got a

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little bit of everything this year you got tremendous contest. Oh, well, contests all day, every day. So we've got something we like people to come and actually do something. We feel like they're going to remember a lot more if they're actually on stage. So over the

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course of the fair, we expect to have about 5000 people on stage doing contests. Jenny, you do a great job, Ladies and gentlemen, she does do a great job. There's entertainment for everybody here. So please come on out and enjoy it. You'll have a ball. Janine

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woke up in a sweat with one thing echoing through her brain. Who was this guy in your bathroom? Meanwhile, Very. Was thinking whose bathroom I in she need. Remember going to the party the night before getting smashed out of her mind? I remember getting drunk and

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acting really stupid eventually came back. Oh, I must be really stupid. Really dumb. What did I do? How did I get myself into this? I get myself into this. What about what about then? They both realize much to their relief. But I'm like the rest of

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us. They were just cartoons. Get high, get stupid, get AIDS. So whose influence you want? Your first time is a junior achievement. Elementary school volunteer can be a little scary can you get kids that young to think about their futures? Call us about volunteering and you'll

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see will supply you with training for this new program. And the kids will supply plenty of motivation. One of the most popular features County failed is the daily racing seminar. The two gentlemen who conducted or sitting here with me. Bob Gunderson on your left, Danny Homes

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in the right, Bob, tell us a little bit about the seminar. Well, we started 10. 30 every morning on the Budweiser stage just inside the main entrance. And we like to expose people to sides of racing. They normally wouldn't, which we feel it helps them enhance

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their experience at the races along with our selections, of course, which helped, Um, hopefully with a little money. Well, they did last year. I'll tell you that. I did. I went along with him and did quite well, Danny. Yes, I've been doing this for about 15

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years now. And about four years. I wrote the book 10 Steps to Winning. And with this knowledge and Bob's help where we hope we get the folks some nice winners this year. Yeah, All right. Uh, a little time here, Bob, You interview guests. One thing, right?

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Us? Some of the people you had last year were whom we had Russell Bays. Leading jockey, actually in the nation last year in the number of wins. And his agent We had one of the best trainers in California, Greg Gilchrist on. And, uh, we've got a

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good schedule lined up this year to Yeah, you sure have. I know, Danny, you have been doing as you say for 15 years ago to the handicapped in things, and as a result, I think the seminars. Fabulous. Ladies and gentlemen, if you really want some help,

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that's the snowmen County fair. When you're going to the races, you go sit with these gentlemen early in the morning. Bob Gunderson, Danny home. Thank you, gentlemen. Good luck, December. Thank you. Thank you. Joseph Grace provision, sometimes called the main four million is the home of

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more than 200 exhibits of outstanding commercial products. Something you really ought to see. So let's join Alison Sanford and see What's that this year, Rich. Now we're gonna listen to the Ginza wizard at the Grace Pavilion so long I feel ancient, but you know A lot

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of people have brought on eyes right here in this MoMA County fair, and they come back and say It's the best night they ever had. You know, the whole of flowers is one of the most special exhibits

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at any county fair and certainly at our Sonoma County. So why don't we join Dana to Rico at the Flower Show and see what's there? This year, I'm standing in front of the Trevi Fountain, which is a replica of the original located in Rome. It's the

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famous fountain where people throw a coin in to make a wish. Neptune is behind me, and in Roman mythology, he's the god of the Sea. And he's also the creator of the horse and the patron of horse racing in Rome will be seeing quite a few

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of the subjects in the next fair show on horse racing. I hope to see everyone there when you come out to the 1994 Sonoma County Fair, be absolutely certain that you go to see the Snowmen County Fair Flower Show. As usual, it's magnificent. The woman who's

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responsible this flower show is sitting with me. My name is Jack. Jeffrey and Jack. Congratulations. You've got another winner. Thank you. Tell us a little bit about the 1994. It's called The Glory That was Rome and it's the best of the Roman Empire. Were thinking really

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big. This year we have. We've recreated the Trevi Fountain in Rome. That's the one. The three coins in a fountain. There's huge sculptures, lions spouting water. There's an incredible mural this year of Caesar entering Rome. Everything is large. 25 foot columns that surround surround the Trevi

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Fountain Quite big. It's just beautiful. I'm in it and I want to be sure. Promise yourself to come and see this. Jackie, How many years have you been doing? Our show is number eight. Is it really over? The last couple of years, we did secrets of

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the Silk Road Pyramids of the Sun, which was the Aztec thing. Alice in Wonderland. Those are a couple of my favorites. You. Last year you did the movie. One angry and the winner is how many people are involved. We have 40 exhibitors that have brought in

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incredible plant material. I mean, the professional nurseries just out did themselves. It's really a thrilled to me We've got the junior division, there's 18. And there there's amateur groups and flour, flour clubs and adult individuals. So there's a whole range of garden exhibitors. Yeah, it is

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really marvelous. I know that the kids really enjoy it. And, ladies and gentlemen, be sure to come to this Norm County flower show. It is magnificent. If you miss that, you'll never forgive yourself. Thank you, Jackie. I know you've got another winner. And ladies and gentlemen,

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as I said before, come to flower Racing Program of this number. Feras. Excellent. Preceded, of course, by the racing seminar. Then you could go out to the track and you see thoroughbred quarter horses. Appaloosa, you can bet, win place show exactly. Trifectas daily doubles. You can

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just have an absolute ball at the Sonoma County Fair racing. Now let's join Alison at the new chef showcase restaurant. Rich eating at the fair no longer has to just mean corn dogs and cotton candy. I am in what used to be the old Jockey Club

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That's right outside the grandstands of the racetrack, where you will have the opportunity to taste seven different chefs culinary talents. The fair did a survey last year, they found that what people would really like is to be able to sit down and taste Sonoma County's finest

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foods. So that's what they provided for us. This year. We're going to meet Peter Coleman, who is eh, quizzes executive chef Peter. What's it like being at the fair? Well, it wasn't too busy yesterday, but we're expecting to pick up today because it's the first day

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of the races. And when they get out, we should get crushed. You know, it's a nice facility, and everyone's been really helpful. Well, are there any special challenges to being here instead of your restaurant? No, the kitchen is great, and the staff here at the player

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has been really helpful. So it's mostly just fun. Well, for fun and wonderful food, come on down to the chef showcase right outside the grandstand. You know, fairgoers love. The carnival's here, both the kiddies carnival and the adult carnival there, the ray comic shows and they

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really are marvelous. They have a great record for safety, So why don't we join Dana right now and see what's going on at the 1994 Carnival? This is the fun zone in front of the looping star with Snowmen County Fair. I have with me today who

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is the general manager of the Rake Hammock Show, and he's gonna tell us a little bit about the safety record that this carnival have. Safety is, I think, very, very utmost on everybody's mind today, and it's in every day and a continual job that we have

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to contend with, and we're very proud of our records and our standing in the industry. As you see, we have a lot of big rise, a lot of high tech engineering that goes on here, a lot of moving parts that had be maintained. A lot of

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folks look at that. Oh, she is here, right? Inspectors are here. Insurance folks here are people here. They're looked at all the time and we maintain that safety by all these people looking at it, and we ensure that and it's been working really well for us.

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Cliff. This is a very clean carnival. All of the people seem really upstanding and it's just really not. We try to do a little extra effort with our carnival way, bring benches to the scene. We bring some strawberries and ambience is a good word I like

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to use. It brings people out of time to relax and just not a hustle bustle running around fast atmosphere. You can stop, have a drink, cool off, take a break and just gonna watch the folks. And it's kind of fun to be here anyway. Be sure

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to visit this the looping stars and new treat. And you can't miss it. Well, that just about does it for our 1st 1994 Sonoma County fairs. Speaking for myself, I've had a wonderful time, as usual. Alison, how

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about you? It's been a great day, rich. I've had lots of fun. And when you talk about days, remember that the knights come and it does get cold sometimes. So remember to bring a sweatshirt or something warm. Absolutely. Dana. Well, as you can see, Rich I've

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collected I have along the way. So don't forget sunscreen and maybe a hat, because it gets very warm and hot in this afternoon. Rich. I spent the day over in the kids area with the carnival rides and all the kids, and I've done a lot of

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walking. So remember, wear some comfortable shoes when you come out to the fair. Those are three very, very excellent ideas that my co hosts have just given you. It is a wonderful fair. It goes on through August 7. I sincerely hope you all get a chance

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to come out and have the fun we did today until in so long For now. Um uh