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Winnebago County Fair Fun is Aug. 14-18 By Peggy Werner
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here’s something for everyone at the Winnebago County Fair Aug. 14-18, in Pecatonica, Ill. The fair will take over every building and outdoor space on the 108-acre site with dozens of food booths, carnival rides, nightly concerts, rodeo action, farm animals, arts and crafts and much more. “Our focus is on the family and our board of directors always has the
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community at heart when it plans the fair each year,” says Michelle McCabe of the Winnebago County Fair Association. “All they want is for everyone to have a good environment where they can enjoy their family and friends.” Deb Runte has been a part of the fair in one way or another for more than 50 years. Her dad, the late Floyd “Dobby” Anderson, was president of the fair when she was a young girl. Although the fair has evolved, one thing remains the same, she says. “The county fair is a way of celebrating the people of the agricultural community, all the hard work they do and how important they are to all of us,” she says. New this year is the 2019 “Bulls, Broncs and Barrels Tour” by Xtreme Roughstock Tour Rodeo of Brownsburg, Ind., with local barrel
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racing at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Grandstand, preceded by family hour from 5:30 to 6:30 to meet the cowboys and see the animals. The rodeo will include a 4-H calf giveaway, freestyle bull fight, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for those 9-12 and free for age 8 and under. Call the fair office at (815) 239-1641 to sign up for barrel racing. Entertainers LetSinger of Rockford will perform a mix of country and rock music at 7 p.m. in the entertainment tent. Also new this year is a Lumberjack Show, an interactive Lumberjack Camp, a Butterfly Encounter and an Inflatable Planetarium Wednesday through Sunday. Manager Ryan Vawter of Modern Midway will bring about 30 rides to the fair, including the brand new Dragon Coaster, an LED-lighted roller coaster made in Czechoslovakia and one of only
