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Clinton County board member Mike Rakers read a proclamation that the board would help fund a new building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. Pictured are, FRONT, FROM LEFT, Keith Kluemke, Mike Rakers and Mark Litteken and, BACK, are Sarah Tebbe, Eric Brueggemann and Ralph Beckmann. Photo by Matt Wilson Mark Litteken and a group of representatives from the Clinton County Agriculture Association approached the Clinton County Board to talk about a new building on the Clinton County Fairgrounds during the county board meeting on Monday, April 21.
Litteken was joined by fair board vice president Ralph Beckmann, Keith Kluemke, Eric Brueggemann and Sarah Tebbe.
Litteken said a long time ago there was a vision that a lot of improvements needed to be made at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. The board wanted to get youth more involved and have more events at the fairgrounds. Over the past couple of years they have put in a new building by the Legacy building that has bathrooms, a kitchen facility and showers. The next step is upgrading the animal showing facilities with a brand new building.
Melissa Kay, LEFT, and Sarah Simmons from SAFE read a proclamation making the month of April Sexual Assault Awareness Month during the Clinton County Board meeting on Monday, April 21. Photo by Matt Wilson The new building will be 120 feet wide by 450 long clear span and is big enough to have indoor tractor pulls. Litteken said the Clinton County Fairgrounds will be the only fairgrounds south of Bloomington to have a facility like this. The building will be called the 618 Event Center. They decided to go with that name because it encompasses southern Illinois and what they are about.
All of the existing livestock barns at the fairgrounds will be taken down and the 618 Event Center will go in the same footprint.
Litteken said a lot of fairs and fairgrounds are going downhill a bit and things might be consolidating. He said if they are going to consolidate, they want to have the Clinton County Fairgrounds as the place to go to. There are lots of exhibitors that come during fair week alone and bring a lot of expensive animals and do a lot of showing and Litteken said they don't want to be there in the conditions the buildings are in now.
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Lori Kuper as Olive Madison, LEFT, and Lois Kellermann as Florence Unger perform during a practice for the Clinton County Showcase upcoming production of "The Odd Couple (Female Version)." Clinton County Showcase performers will return to the Avon Theater starting this weekend for their next production.
"The Odd Couple (Female Version)" will begin on Friday at the Avon Theater. Show dates are April 25-27 and May 2-4.
The classic comedy gets a fresh and funny twist in "The Odd Couple (Female Version)." Written by Neil Simon, this gender-swapped adaptation delivers all the charm of the original with a new spin on mismatched roommates navigating the chaos of friendship, life, and love.
Lori Kuper stars as the messy and free-spirited Olive Madison. Opposite of Kuper is Lois Kellermann as the uptight and neurotic Florence Unger. Their clashing personalities create nonstop comedy moments, especially when their weekly Trivial Pursuit group gets involved. Playing in the Trivial Pursuit group are Jill Daugherty (Sylvie), Sally Landmann (Mickey), Jodi Stockton (Vera) and Angela Nuxoll (Renee).
Chris Streetman and Dan Stockton as Jesus Costazuela and Manolo Costazuela in the production. Adding international flair and plenty of laughs are the Costazuela brothers with Dan Stockton as Manolo and Chris Streetman as Jesus.
The show is directed by Tara Kellermann with Collin Daugherty as assistant director and sound manager. Caroline Boehne is the stage manager, Gary Wesselmann is the light/set construction manager and Perri Wesselmann is the prop master/set construction.
