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Free Groceries for a Year winner

Sidney Gatschet, Chicago

Free Groceries for a Year winner

Jennifer Harris, Peoria Heights

Betty Foley and Sidney Gatschet (on left) of Chicago with Brent and Kathy Scholl (on right), hog farmers from Polo, Ill., at their prize presentation at the River Forest Ultra Foods.

Jennifer Harris of Peoria Heights (second on the right) was awarded her prize at the Peoria Heights Save-A-Lot. From right to left: Rob Shaffer, a soybean farmer from El Paso, Jennifer Harris, her children Will Unmisig, Natalie and Madison Harris, and husband, Scott Harris.

Family Harvest Day winner

Gloria Elliston, Palatine

Fall Get-Away winner

Mary Dean, Jacksonville

(Left to right) Gloria Elliston of Palatine with her grandson Adam Rack’s family – Stacy, Joshua and Meredith (front) – visited Larson Farms in Maple Park for a combine ride. The family spent a day on the farm with the Mike and Lynn Martz family.

Mary Dean, on far right, visited Jefferies Orchard in Springfield to receive her prize, a stay at an Illinois bed and breakfast and basket of Illinois goodies. Mary Dean gets a preview of her basket, presented by Diane Handley and Carla Mudd (left to right) of Illinois Farm Families.