Illinois To Host Coonhound World Championship
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From the Chicago Tribune:

_Illinois has landed the Professional Kennel Club’s world coonhound championships, a 10-day event that had been held in Kentucky for nearly two decades.
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While residents of Salem, Ill., prepare for the arrival of nearly 2,000 of the nation’s best hounds later this month, business owners in Kentucky still are chafing that they lost an event with an economic impact of up to $3.5 million. . . .