MCLEANSBORO (WSIL) -- The Hamilton County Health Department and the McLeansboro Kiwanis Club have announced mitigations for the 2021 McLeansboro Fall Festival, September 9th � 11th.
All festival attendees, regardless of vaccination status, are encouraged to wear masks. Anyone who is sick or
exhibiting any of the following symptoms, including: cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain or sore
throat, should not attend the McLeansboro Fall Festival.
Mitigation procedures will include:
- Brady Amusements will shut down all carnival rides every two hours to sanitize the rides and will also
provide hand sanitizer stations at each ride. - Maier’s Tidy Bowl, who will provide the portable toilets and handwashing stations, will clean and
sanitize the toilets and handwashing stations Friday and Saturday mornings. - The Kiwanis Club will provide masks to persons in the sponsor seating area at each evening’s concert
performances. - The sponsor seating area will be disinfected by the Kiwanis Club Friday and Saturday mornings.
- Vendors who bring seating will be asked to disinfect the seating 3x a day (before & after lunch and after
dinner). - Multiple hand sanitizer stations will be provided by the Kiwanis Club and located throughout the
downtown festival.
“We want to remind folks what they can do to stay safe as the Delta variant circulates in Illinois,� said Hamilton
County Health Department Administrator Nicole Schoenborn. “Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect
yourself against COVID-19 and its variants. Wearing a mask, socially distancing, getting tested and washing your
hands also play an important role in helping slow the spread of these viruses.�
Jerry Prince, Chairman of the McLeansboro Kiwanis Entertainment Committee, said, ‘We are dedicated to
providing world-class entertainment, good food and fun for the attendees of the McLeansboro Fall Festival while
making the health and safety of the attendees a priority.�
