2000 - Festivals and Events - 2000

• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  January's leg is 3.2 miles from Bridge 6 to Lock 17 by Tiskilwa. 
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the interpreter for an afternoon of stories
  & tales similar to what American Indians told
  around their long ago winter campfires.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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"Commity Pride 2000 and Beyond"

• Princeton
• Bureau County Fair Grounds, west end of
  Princeton on Route 6. Show featuring 90
  exhibitors from area businesses and industries.
  12-8 Fri., 9-6 Sat., 12-4 Sun.
  Small admission charge.

   

February 20

• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  February's leg is 4.6 miles from the Mississippi River to Lock 30 (Steel Dam) in Milan.
  

• Pitstick Pavilion in Spring Valley.
• Music, dancing, food beads, masks, Mardi
  Gras limbo.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for an afternoon of canal stories.  Laugh at stories about party lines and warm summer days.  Hear about growing up along an area described as paradise.
  

• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Knights of Columbus - LaSalle.
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• Seatonville.
• Homemade ravioli dinner, noon to 3pm,
  Adults $6.00 Children $4.00
  

• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter at the Visitor Center for
  the annual kite flying contest.  After a short
  talk about bats, we will make kites with bats
  on them.  Prizes are awarded to the kite makers.
  

• Bureau Valley High School, Manlius.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  March's leg is 3.50 miles from the Bridge 33 to
  Bridge 37 by Geneseo.
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• Princeton.
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• Barto Landing, Spring Valley
• professional fishing tournament
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• Dalzell.
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• Walnut.
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Dalzell
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• Downtown, Spring Valley.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for a night hike along the canal.  We will try to call in some owls.  Call for details and location.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in
  segments.April's leg is 4.9 miles on the Feeder
  canal from the Bridge 47 to the Guard Lock in
  Sterling.
  

• Bureau.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton
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• Dalzell.
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• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for an afternoon rewitnessing the cycle of Nature.  I don't promise we will see any animal babies, their mothers are protective.  We will see the newness of Spring.
  

• Walnut.
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• Downtown, Spring Valley.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in
  segments.  May's leg is to be announce.
  

• Princeton.
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• Bureau.
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• Veteran's/School Park, Sheffield.
• Avenue of Flags on display, and speakers
  

• Bureau.
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• Ladd.
• City-Wide garage sales & chicken fest
  

• Buda.
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• Ohio.
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• Hennepin Canal, Tiskilwa.
• All day free fishing
  

• Manlius.
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• Princton.
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• Spring Valley.
• Bingo, food, games, music, and entertainment
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• Princeton.
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• Tiskilwa.
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• Spring Valley.
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• Lovejoy Home, Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for a night hiks along the
  canal.  The world seems different after dark,
  but is it?
  

• West Park, Sheffield.
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• Sheffield.
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• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in
  segments.  June's leg is to be announce.
  

• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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  (815)

• Lake DePue, DePue.
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• Park Avenue Square, Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Walnut BVN Grade School, Walnut.
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• Manlius.
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• Buda.
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• Spring Valley.
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    (4th of July Run)

• Bureau Valley North Jr. High School, Walnut.
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  (Race info) or (e-mail )

• Wyanet.
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• Spring Valley.
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• Princeton.
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July 15 - 16

• Ohio.
• 2 miles south of Ohio - 1/2 mile west to Albrights Grove
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  July's leg is to be announce.
  

• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the INterpreter for a walk along the canal
  after dark.  Call for details and location. 
  Bug spray and flashlights are optional.
  

• Fairgrounds, Princeton.
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• Fairgrounds, Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Tiskilwa.
• Children's activities, food, entertainment,
  beer garden
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• Lake DePue, DePue.
• Pro national boat races
  

• Spring Valley.
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• Hall High School, Spring Valley.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for a nice evening's stroll
  along the canal.  Nature may reward us with a spectacular sunset, you never know.  Call for
  details and location.   Bug spray and flashlights
  are optional.
  

• Ladd.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  August's leg is to be announce.
  

• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for a quiet evening's stroll along the canal.  Nature may reward us with a spectacular moonrise, you never know.  Call for details and location.  Bug spray and flashlights are optional.
  

Headliner: Kenny Chesney
(tickets go on sale June 11th)
ticket prices:

gold seats	sold out
track & box seats	$ 24.00 *
reserve grandstand	$ 21.00 *

All tickets bought prior to 11:00 pm the day before the show will include the $4.00 gate admission.

• Princeton.

• Spring Valley.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Grade School, Malden.
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• Bureau.

• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in
  segments. September's leg is to be announce.
  

• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for a relaxing evening's stroll along the canal.  Nature may reward us with a spectacular moonrise, you never know.  Call for details and location.  Bug spray and flashlights are optional.
  

• Princeton.
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• Tiskilwa.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in
  segments.  October's leg is to be announce.
  

• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Spring Valley.
• Games, face painting, & more
  

• Bureau.
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• Spring Valley.
• Door to door food collection by Scouts
  

• Spring Valley.
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• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for ghostly stories around the fire.  Are there any ghosts walking the banks of the Hennepin Canal?  Can you hear the shadowy laughter from a bygone era.  Come share your stories and maybe learn new ones around the fire at the Visitor's Center Shelter.
  

• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Spring Valley.
• Surrey rides, music, refreshments, & pictures
  

• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for an explanation of the
  records available at the Visitor Center.   Was your ancestor a canal worker?  I have some records of workers, but I am always looking for more
  information on who worked along the canal
  and any canal stories I can add to the site archive.
  

• Princeton.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  November's leg is to be announce.
  

• Princeton
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• Princeton.
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• Business District, Walnut.
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• Princeton.
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• Princeton.
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• Sheffield.
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Holiday Tours, Chili Supper & Carriage Rides

• Bureau.
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• Sheffield.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Join the Interpreter for a walk along the canal in celebration on teh winter solstice.   We may see a very "wintery' Moonrise and animal tracks showing who has gone where.
  

• Hennepin Canal Parkway.
• Join in the challenge to hike the canal in segments.
  December's leg is to be announce.
  

• Princeton.
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  State's oldest Flea Market
  

• Princeton.
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  Coffee House Entertanment & Refreshments
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  (Call for date)

• Princeton
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  Warneck Woods Spring Wildflower Walk
  

• Princeton.
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  Good Scents Ltd. - Custom Perfumes
  524 S. Main St.
  (815) 8-SCENTS
  

• Walnut.
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  Avanti Food Co.
  105 Depot
  

• Princeton.
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  Princeton Church of the Nazarene.
  Every Wednesday November - March 5:30-6:00pm
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Hours:
• Weekdays 8-4
  Weekends and holidays 10-4.
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• Hennepin Canal Parkway, Sheffield.
• Hours;.
  Saturday, Sunday, and holidays 9-1:30
• Monday, Thursday, and Friday By request (when available)
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