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Champaign County Fair Rolls On In 2015

The 2015 edition of the Champaign County Fair has been going on all week and things wrap up this weekend.

According to Mike Kobel, the Champaign County Fair Board President says the week has been tremendous. From the exceptional weather to the popularity of their events, things have been busy on the fair grounds this week.

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Hailey Diffin was the 2015 Champaign County Fair Queen. She indicates she's an 18-year old student at Parkland and hopes to study nursing. Diffin says, being a part of the fair pagaent is something that has always appealed to her.

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No County Fair is complete without discussing the 4-H participants and their projects. Students from across Champaign County converged on the fairgrounds this week to showcase projects they've poured a lot of time into. Grace Goldenstein explains what it takes to show her cattle at the fair.

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The fair wraps up tomorrow in Urbana.

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