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The Tourism/Recreation News section provides access to all State of Illinois press releases that have been published about state tourism and issues relating to vacation and recreation opportunities within the state.
10/02/08 - Illinois EPA hosts Pharmaceutical Summit and Conference
Stakeholder groups work on ways of reducing pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water
SPRINGFIELD—As part of its overall efforts to ensure that citizen’s of Illinois continue to have high quality and safe sources of drinking water, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Doug Scott Wednesday convened a Summit at the University of Illinois at Springfield to discuss ways to reduce the amounts of pharmaceuticals and personal care products being discharged into waters of the state that ultimately become a source of drinking water.

09/21/08 - 19th Annual Traditional Music Festival September 27 – 28 at Fort Kaskaskia
ELLIS GROVE, IL --- Music lovers of all ages are invited to the 19th Annual Traditional Music Festival scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28, at Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site. The event is free and open to the public.

09/16/08 - Speaking of Lincoln and Douglas
NORMAL - As America looks toward an election featuring an Illinois candidate and prepares to celebrate the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the David Davis Mansion Foundation and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of McLean County are pleased to present "A Conversation with Lincoln and Douglas" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 24 in the historic Normal Theater.


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