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DeKalb Corn Fest Snapshot

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Lavinia Huprich, 1, of Geneva knows a treat when she sinks her teeth into it. She was attending her first Corn Fest Saturday afternoon. (Doug Oleson)

Corn Fest By the Numbers

Average annual attendance: 60,000

Carnival rides: 17

Round trips made by shuttle buses: 134

Ears of sweet corn eaten at the Chuck Siebrasse Memorial Corn Boil: 18,000

Main stage attractions: 14

Community stage attractions: 19

Volunteers needed to pull it off: 350

Years since the first Corn Fest: 34

Months until planning begins for Corn Fest 2012: 1

Source: Lisa Angel, Corn Fest publicity chair

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