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Carnival is back for Mendota’s 79th Annual Sweet Corn Festival · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Carnival is back for Mendoda's seventy ninth annual sweet Corn Festival.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Matthias Werner, this article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett Adrenaline will
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  Speaker 1: be pumping at this year's Mendoda sweet Corn Festival, with
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  Speaker 1: carnival rides returning to give visitors yet another reason to
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  Speaker 1: enjoy one of Mendota's annual summer traditions. Windy City Amusements
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  Speaker 1: of Saint Charles will be setting up on the midway
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  Speaker 1: again this year at Mendota's annual sweet Corn Festival. According
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  Speaker 1: to a news release from the Mendoda Area Chamber of Commerce,
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  Speaker 1: they will be bringing many rides to our midway that
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  Speaker 1: should please children of all ages. Mendoda Area Chamber of
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  Speaker 1: Commerce President and CEO Madeleine Pillar said. Among the rides
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  Speaker 1: geared towards smaller children are Carousel and Dizzy Dragons. Rides
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  Speaker 1: geared more for the older kids and adults include Zipper
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  Speaker 1: and Zero Gravity. One ride for the whole family is
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  Speaker 1: the Big Wheel, a ferris wheel with gondola cars. A
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  Speaker 1: pair of special promotions, the Megapass and Unlimited Ride Armband,
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  Speaker 1: are available to help reduce the cost for frequent riders,
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  Speaker 1: The megapass permits the rider to ride as many rides
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  Speaker 1: as they want, as many times as they want, throughout
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  Speaker 1: the course of the festival. According to the release, the
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  Speaker 1: megapass costs ninety dollars if purchased before twelve pm on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: August second. They can be purchased at the Mendota Area
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  Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce office or at Windowcityamusements dot Com. After
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  Speaker 1: the Sunday, August second deadline, the megapass will cost one
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  Speaker 1: hundred dollars and be available at the carnival ticket booth,
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  Speaker 1: according to the release. For those who do not want
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  Speaker 1: the full festival ride pass, regular unlimited ride armbands are
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  Speaker 1: available as well for certain day and time passes. An
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  Speaker 1: armband for unlimited rides from five point thirty to thirty
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  Speaker 1: pm on Thursday, August sixth costs thirty dollars. Unlimited ride
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  Speaker 1: access for Friday and Saturday at the festival is split
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  Speaker 1: between afternoon and evening sessions. An arm band for unlimited
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  Speaker 1: rides from one five pm on Friday August seventh and
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  Speaker 1: Saturday August eighth costs thirty dollars. An arm band for
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  Speaker 1: unlimited rides from five thirty to nine thirty pm on
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  Speaker 1: Friday August seventh and Saturday August eighth costs thirty five dollars.
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  Speaker 1: An arm band for unlimited rides from one five pm
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday, August ninth costs thirty dollars. For more information,
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