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Lorilee Schultz, whose childhood memories include munching cream puffs in the Dairy Building at the Illinois State Fair, had a special reason for attending this year’s unveiling of the famed butter cow: She’s part of it.<\/p>\n

The 102nd edition of the Dairy Building’s crown jewel features a butter model of Schultz ready to milk one of her 60 head at Mil-R-Mor Farm in Orangeville, 131 miles northwest of Chicago. The 800-pound sculpture, created by Sarah Pratt of West Des Moines, Iowa, was unveiled Wednesday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II, serving as a soft opening for the annual agricultural extravaganza.<\/p>\n

“This year’s butter cow sculpture celebrates the Illinois dairy families like mine who \u2018Harvest the Fun\u2019 of dairy every day on our farms,” Schultz told gathered reporters, slipping in a reference to the theme of this year’s fair. “What is more fun than ice-cold milk, creamy ice cream and gooey cheese made with milk produced on the over 400 dairy farms across the great state of Illinois<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

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The fair unofficially opens Thursday night with the annual Twilight Parade, but Pritzker returns Friday morning for the official ribbon cutting.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s the most fun that you\u2019ll have all summer, coming to the Illinois State Fair,” Pritzker said.<\/p>\n

This is the 170th anniversary of the Illinois State Fair, which, in its earliest years, rotated among cities. Then-Gov. George H. Ryan celebrated the 2000 fair as the state’s 150th, but it’s been skipped in a half-a-dozen years since its origin. It went on hiatus during the Civil War, in 1893 because of Chicago’s ongoing<\/a> Columbian Exposition, during World War II and in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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“Although a lot has changed since our very first fair in 1853, one thing remains strong and steadfast, and that\u2019s our state\u2019s agriculture tradition,” Pritzker said. “It\u2019s a legacy that we\u2019re proud of. It\u2019s a legacy that we celebrate every summer as we gather here in Springfield at this fair.”<\/p>\n

Costello bragged about brick-and-mortar improvements to the fairgrounds and the many historic structures which populate it. During much of the past quarter-century, the fairgrounds on the city’s north side were virtually ignored because of the state’s ongoing budget problems. Costello said that, all told, the Pritzker administration has invested $65 million in the fair’s infrastructure.<\/p>\n

And Pritzker credited the fair’s organizers with drawing top-tier entertainment<\/a> to the Grandstand and other fair stages. Rockers the Doobie Brothers, REO Speedwagon, Alter Bridge and Chevelle will take the stage along with Alanis Morrisette, Nelly and Tim McGraw.<\/p>\n

“I have multiple concerts that I\u2019ll be at,” Pritzker said. “I\u2019m not going to reveal that right now, because I have to say my wife is going to join me in a couple of them, and the lieutenant governor is going to join me in a couple of them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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