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Rollie McCubbin, the Fair's longtime concessions director, reports fielding more fairgoer requests for help ferreting out healthful options, especially gluten-free items and food suitable for diabetics. But creating a conclusive, accurate list is time-consuming and costly. Helping people find healthful fair food has been a topic at seminars for state fair officials, with some states more proactive in than others, he notes, adding Iowa is "on the fence on how to accomplish this." McCubbin also doesn't tell vendors what not to serve. "I'm not real big on mandates." (See pictures of what the world eats...
What was that line Virginia Woolf wrote in A Room of One's Own? "I should remind you how much depends on you, and what an influence you can exert upon the future." At Lilith you can sense the summer shifting, the musical center moving. Said 18-year-old fairgoer Cindy Chen of Seattle: "I don't like [alternative rock]. Too much moshing and men throwing themselves around. It's dangerous...
...times as many lost adults -127,457, mostly rural oldsters; 55 weddings were performed on the fairgrounds and one birth (a boy) occurred; there were 1,938 reported thefts and 141 people arrested for drunkenness; the visitors left behind 19,700 tons of trash, or about 10 oz. per fairgoer...
Little Innovation. Although walking is recommended, the footsore and weary fairgoer will have some difficulty replenishing spent energy. The food is generally better than it was at Expo 67, but the lines are once again a problem at the better restaurants (Belgian, French, Russian) and the service ranges from indifferent to abominable. Main-course prices usually run from $2.50 to $7. The most economical bets are the snack restaurants, where imitation hot dogs made from fish are only 20?, tempura noodles 35?, roast eel 56?, fried chicken 84? and a Mongolian burger (thin barbequed steak...
...YORK STATE. For 500 the fairgoer is whisked 226 ft. up into the pavilion tower for a panoramic view of Mosesland surrounded by acres and acres of cars...