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Springfield Date Rise Set SUNRISE/SUNSET Feb. 14 6:53 a.m. 5:33 p.m. Feb. 15 6:52 a.m. 5:34 p.m. Feb. 16 6:51 a.m. 5:35 p.m. Feb. 17 6:49 a.m. 5:36 p.m. Feb. 18 6:48 a.m. 5:37 p.m. Feb. 19 6:47 a.m. 5:39 p.m. Feb. 20 6:46 a.m. 5:40 p.m.
Last New First Full MOON PHASES
Feb 15 Feb 23 Mar 2 Mar 9 GROWING DEGREE DAYS Indiana Illinois Week ending Feb. 10 0 Month through Feb. 10 0 Season through Feb. 10 3478 Normal month to date 0 Normal season to date 2898 Week ending Feb. 10 0 Month through Feb. 10 0 Season through Feb. 10 3834 Normal month to date 0 Normal season to date 3333
Vevay Peoria Fort Wayne Champaign
Lafayette
Muncie Terre Haute Evansville Indianapolis Mt. Vernon East St. Louis Quincy
Springfield Decatur 16/6 18/11
17/10 20/14 21/16 24/20 27/22 28/19
27/21 23/17
27/16 18/14
20/12 22/15
Anna 30/20
For 24-hour weather updates, check out www.agrinews-pubs.com Illinois Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Indiana Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Weather (W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice Today Tom. Sun. Today Tom. Sun. Champaign 18/11/s 40/32/pc 40/34/sn Chicago 17/12/s 36/33/sn 38/27/pc Decatur 20/14/s 40/32/pc 42/34/sn E. St. Louis 27/22/s 43/36/pc 50/33/sn Evanston 18/11/s 37/34/sn 38/28/s Joliet 14/6/s 36/33/c 37/26/s Mt. Vernon 28/19/s 44/36/pc 48/39/sn Peoria 18/14/s 38/32/sn 41/31/sn Quincy 24/20/s 41/31/sn 42/32/sn Rockford 13/8/s 36/31/sn 38/24/pc Rock Island 20/13/s 38/32/sn 38/25/pc Springfield 21/16/s 40/33/pc 42/33/sn Bloomington 26/17/s 43/36/pc 46/39/sn Carmel 17/10/s 39/35/pc 42/35/sn Evansville 27/21/s 46/38/pc 49/41/r Fishers 18/10/s 39/36/pc 42/34/sn Fort Wayne 16/6/pc 36/31/pc 39/32/sn Gary 17/12/s 37/33/c 38/29/s Lafayette 17/10/s 39/33/pc 42/33/sn Indianapolis 22/15/s 42/35/pc 44/36/sn Muncie 20/12/s 39/34/pc 42/35/sn South Bend 18/9/pc 36/31/c 39/29/pc Terre Haute 23/17/s 43/36/pc 45/37/sn Vevay 27/16/s 45/35/pc 49/40/sn
PRECIPITATION
Southern Illinois: Friday: sunny, but very cold. Winds east‑southeast, becoming southeast at 3‑6 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 60%.
Northern Indiana: Friday: frigid. Clouds and sun in the north and east; plenty of sunshine in the south and west. Winds west‑southwest at 4‑8 mph. Expect two to four hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions.
Central Indiana: Friday: sunny, but frigid. Winds north‑northwest at 4‑8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 95%.
Southern Indiana: Friday: plenty of sun ‑ shine, but very cold. Winds east‑northeast at 4‑8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 50%. Saturday: partly sunny.
SOUTH AMERICA
A front will lead to showers and storms across Paraguay into southern Brazil Friday into the weekend. Another front will spread showers and storms from northern Argentina to Brazil early next week.
By Martha Blum AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS
DECATUR, Ill. — Music together with a focus on working with entrepre neurial women will be featured at the NEW Roots Festival.
The inaugural festival, organized by the Illinois Agri-Women, is a result of a $100,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Office of Tourism.
The event will be June 27-28 in the Devon G. Buffett Lakeside Amphitheater at Nelson Park in Decatur.
“NEW stands for Nurturing Entrepreneurial Women,” said Penny Lauritzen, Illinois AgriWomen member, who is part of the team orga nizing the NEW Roots Festival.
“This two-day event will
Penny Lauritze ILLINOIS AGRI-WOMEN
highlight small agricultural-related businesses owned by women, classes for entrepreneurs and net working along with country entertainers providing music,” Lauritzen said.
“Proceeds from the event will create the base for the nurturing entre preneurial women fund that will provide grants and low-interest loans for women creating new ag ricultural businesses in Illinois,” she said.
One- and two-day tickets will be available, and musicians will perform on both the main and small stages.
“We are working to highlight entertainers that have an Illinois connection,” Lauritzen said. “Our plan is to make the festival an annual event to keep en hancing the NEW fund for more loans and grants.”
“There’s a reason that Illinois is breaking records for tourism — it’s because communities throughout our state have so much to offer,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
“I’ll continue to be a proud advocate for everything that attracts people to Illinois and these tourism grants — entirely funded by visitors staying in our hotels and motels — play a significant role in supporting the tourism industry and its nearly 350,000 jobs.”
“Developing new events and attractions is necessary to inspire new audiences to visit Illinois. These grants will result in increased visitor spending in local communities across our state, generating revenue and creating jobs for Illinois residents,” said Erin Guthrie, acting director of DCEO.
The Tourism Attraction Grant Program helps develop new or enhance existing tourism attractions to grow visitation and overnight stays in Illinois. DCEO is providing grant funding to 16 organizations in the amount of $1 million. There was significant demand for this grant program, receiving more than four times the number of requests than available funding. The Tourism Private Sector Grant Program helps attract major new events to the state or significantly enhance existing events to increase visitation. DCEO is providing grant funding to seven applicants in the amount of $869,000. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.
CONGRATULATIONS 2019 NCGA NATIONAL CORN YIELD CONTEST WINNERS INDIANA
NATIONAL WINNERS
STATE WINNERS
Shawn Kalb 2nd Place: 320.7389 Bu/A F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated DKC67-44RIB Brand Blend Jerry Wischmeier 2nd Place: 281.0958 Bu/A G: No-Till Irrigated DKC67-44RIB Brand Blend
