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Article: Fairs: Fun for kids, hard work for adults.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2003
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Byline: Beth Bales
If you fret over planning a party for 10 or 12, imagine overseeing preparations for a bash for 600 guests, many of them more only 6 or 7 years old.
Would you be frantic or frazzled? Then you'd understand the frame of mind of members of the various elementary school Parent- Teacher Organizations, as they plan their respective schools' fun fairs.
Three of the schools - Heartland, Harrison and Mill Creek - have fun fairs this month. Heartland, Geneva's newest grade school on the block, held its first-ever fair Friday.
"Essentially, you're throwing a party for 600 people," said Mary Augustine, one of the organizers for ...