IT'S FAIR TIME!
Welcome to the 140th annual Kane County Fair

The 140th annual Kane County Fair and Festival runs Wednesday, July 16, to Sunday, July 20, at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. The fairgrounds are located along Randall Road south of Illinois 64 and north of Illinois 38.
• Courier video: Big Hat Rodeo
• Courier video: Megasaurus
• Photos: Fair fun
• Photos: Hoofing it to the fair
• Courier video: Opening day
• Photos: Fair opens
• What's on tap: Fair schedule, prices
• Entertainment: The lineup

COURIER SPORTS BLOG: All Around E-Town
Wie error, big consequences
Some have already suggested that LPGA officials should have let the fact that Michelle Wie forgot to sign her scorecard slide and not disqualified her. The justification being that there would be a huge amount of interest if Wie were in the field Sunday competing for her first LPGA Tour victory.

• Village supports improvements to Fox View
• Financial health cited in audit award
• Police Blotter
• College-bound vets say campus needs unmet
• Plane overshoots O'Hare runway
• U46 aims to help kids with battle of bulge
• ISU prof uses photos to examine sacred spaces
• Gas tax holiday falters over job losses
• Library brouhaha spotlights privacy dilemma
• Salmonella scare damages industry
• Ask AP
• Felons challenge guns ruling
• Scientist plies Asia seeking freshwater stingray
• US general says al-Qaida effort in Iraq may fade
• Iran nuclear talks hit standstill
• St. Charles firefighter injured in blaze
• Bartlett man charged after squad window kicked out
• Kane warns: Heat boosts West Nile virus

Scoreboard watching doesn't become serious until September, but scoreboard glancing becomes part of the game once the second half starts. For the first place White Sox, the glances are over-the-shoulder peeks at the Minnesota Twins, only a half-game away now in the American League Central after clubbing their way to a victory over Texas while the Sox fell to the Kansas City Royals and Gil Meche 9-1 at U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday.

• Offense is culprit again in Cubs road loss
• Bears' QB derby starts Wednesday
• Findlay delivers game-winning HR for Bandits
• Fire's scoring woes continue
• Surprise Shark attack continues
• Kane Co. Tourney postponed
• Local Scoreboard
'Tool Time' goes Disney Huskies state their case at Bolingbrook Crusaders lucky and good vs. St. Rita Pitching helps Huskies win battle of Oak Park St. Patrick wins Oak Park league

'One small step ...'
On July 20, 1969, Gary Burns got an unexpected day off from his job at the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store on Larkin Avenue in Elgin. "My boss closed the store. He put a sign in the window, 'Closed for the moonwalk,'" said Burns. Burns didn't watch the Apollo 11 adventures, nor did many of his teenage friends.



• Gotta Go
• Fox Valley Beaux Arts doles out scholarships
• Local artist opens studio for 3-D designs
• Seniors have a ball, stay in shape
• Elgin Public Museum part of Museum Madness
• Library hosts artist Mort Luby's show, visit
• Girl Scouts honored with Gold Award
• Births
• Astro-Graph

D & S Communications keeping business connections up to speed with latest technology
Karen Flowers doesn't seem to mind a bit if you look over her shoulder. In fact, Flowers, vice president of marketing and public relations at Elgin-based D&S Communications Inc., said it's a good way to showcase the features of the latest Nortel business phone systems.



• Women, minorities gathering to network
• Teen cashing in on rage for rain barrels
• Unemployment surges to nearly 7-percent high
• Safeway stock takes 11% hit with report of sagging sales
• Energy drink pushes for carbon offsets
• Doll courthouse: Barbie beats Bratz
• Top Dish

Vantage Roaring creativity Super lives up to its name Built for Russian prince, home gets facelift, new owners 3 heiresses, then death at sea Don't tiptoe, buy spring tulip bulbs now

Seniors have a ball, stay in shape
Who would have thought the simple act of rolling a ball toward a smaller ball would be fun and part of a low-key fitness program? Talk to any of the players on the local, national and international scene about why they're having a ball playing boccie and many say it's easy, it's fun and it's great exercise.



• Gotta Go
• Local artist opens studio for 3-D designs
• Elgin Public Museum part of Museum Madness
• Celebrity News
• Celebrity News
• The Westbury dream three years in the making
• Hemmens theater group returns in 'Hair'

Visionary 'Knight' is dark and stormy Take a chance on 'Mamma Mia'? No 'Meet Dave' actually worth encountering 3-D 'Journey' leaps out in all the wrong ways Creatures feature prominently in 'Hellboy II'

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