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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 30 Jul 1982, p. 80

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People &. projects ALL PHASES OF Walking wire •CARPENTRY •CONCRETE WORK •PAINTING •CERAMIC TILING •ROOFING continued from psgs 39 Her copper hair bounces atop her Moot-2 not the same as my father's with the chair frame and her blue eyes flash when die on the top." turns on the smile which has heroine a The surviving Wallendas pot the pyramid reflex drilled into her by her father. together far a television documentary a With the big circuses in the United States year later, but the act was new again a often leaning toward European acts, family standard, she says. Wallenda takes her swaypole to speedways, "I'm sure it could be done again, but it fairs and carnivals around the Northeast would take an awful lot of time and money and over the winter appeared in Jamaica and the way the economy is, the average and Mexico City. fair couldn't pay for it," she says. "I actually like this kind of work better She no longer appears under the bigtops than the bigtaps because of the contact with of the Shrine Circus or the Ringling Bros, the people," she says. "After I come down and Barnum ft Bailey Circus where her the wire in the *SiUe for Life' I talk to the mother was performing a few months after crowd. One woman asked me what food I Wallenda was born. ' eat and another wanted to know what kind At 45, her hands are rough and strong of deodorant I use. from a lifetime in the circus. "My father always preached it into us "I have pictures of when I was 6 weeks old that whether the crowd is 10 people or and they were carrying me across the 10,000, they paid their price and you always wire," she says. do you best" Call 344-2449 We have just f. received our r Pall Merchandise. ' We must clear out our remaining Summer Stock to make room. FEATURING BOYS SIZES: PREMIE THRU 14 GIRLS SIZES: PREMIE THRU PRE-TEEN Wf HAVE LAYAWAY. fREE GlfT WRAPPING AND PRIfNDtY SERVICE! CANDYMAN'S CLOSET 3430 WitM $T.,McHENRY 385-0746 LOWJEy ORGANS-PIANOS ^C0V~^/W6^ \ AMAZING MX-1 There's nothing else in the world like it. You may ' not believe it even after you see and hear it. Roy Nettgen will be playing thellX-1 at "NETT6EITS PUB" across from the grandstand during the Fair! -- N O T E s h o p % \ Quality Keyboard Merchandising y J 815-455-0300 Crystal Point Mall-Crystal Lake FUN AT THE FAIR. The McHenry County Fair -- or any fair, for that matter --- just wouldn't be complete without the traditional assortment of carnival rides, from Ferris wheels to the Zipper. For all your feed needs... J McCLOUD*FEEDS)! For Expert Services and Advice see

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