Images: Thursday’s Lake County Fair
Nancy Connors of Bolingbrook started her dream job after beating breast cancer. Shes opened a cinnamon roll truck that she takes to fairs across the midwest. Connors Thursday was at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake.
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Cinnamon rolls freshly made in Nancy Connors food truck at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake. Connors of Bolingbrook started her dream job after beating breast cancer. Shes opened a cinnamon roll truck that she takes to fairs across the midwest.
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Newly-crowned Miss Lake County Fair Queen 21-year-old Meghan Opolka of Antioch talks with 10-year-old Kendra Dilg of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin after her lamb won grand champion in the open competition at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake Thursday.
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Meghan Opolka of Antioch is the 2013 Miss Lake County Fair Queen.
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Irene Curran of Libertyville throws the ball to try and dunk her husband Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran in the dunk tank sponsored by the Lake County Sheriffs Department Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The money raised will be donated to Special Olympics Illinois.
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Peter Curran, 9, of Libertyville throws the ball to try and dunk his dad, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran, in the dunk tank sponsored by the Lake County Sheriffs Department Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The money raised will be donated to Special Olympics Illinois. His brothers Mark, 15, and George, 14 stand in the background waiting their turns to throw.
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Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran falls in the water after the target was hit at the dunk tank sponsored by the Lake County Sheriffs Department Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The money raised will be donated to Special Olympics Illinois.
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Little Miss Wauconda Kyra Ryba, 8, shears a sheep with help from Haley White of Wauconda during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Tammy Bryan, left shares funnel cake with her daughter, Kelly Trodler, both of Lake Bluff during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Max Bausch, 8, of Lindenhurst plays in the inflatable bubble at Rockin, Rollin, Bubbles during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Kelly Pollina, 9, of Glenview sits in the stall with her sheep during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The sheep are wearing polka dot lamb tubes to try and stay clean.
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Jacob Eichenbaum, 5, of Vernon Hills plays on the Quad Power Jump during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Kendra Dilg, 10, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., right, tries to keep her lamb from eating her flowers as she waits with her sister, Alaina, 8, to enter the Livestock Costume Contest during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Sarah Lincicome, 11, of Beach Park sits with her goat Dawn waiting for the Lvestock Costume Contest during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Anna Madsen, 15, of Glenview stands with her cow dressed as the Royal Baby as they wait Livestock Costume Contest during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Cousins Jamie Julkowski, right, and Gavin Frederick, both of Chicago, ride on the Zipline Zone during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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Friends Dana Knoblauch, 15, of Lindenhurst , left, and Jenna Anderson, 15, of Lake Villa sit with chickens on their laps during the Lake County Fair Thursday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
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