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One-day hot-air balloon festival planned in Grayslake

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A one-day hot-air balloon festival is planned in Grayslake on Saturday, Aug. 24. The granddaddy of balloon events in the area is Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival. This tethered balloon was at Eyes in the Skies in 2011.

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Grayslake expects to be full of hot air Aug. 24. That's when the village plans to hold its inaugural hot-air balloon festival at Central Park. Officials say they expect the first-time event to be small but successful. “We’ve been laying the groundwork since January,” Grayslake Trustee Bruce Bassett said Monday. “The balloonists who do this are hobbyists who have jobs and other lives.”