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Hot air balloons light up the night sky with their glowing colors Tuesday evening at Anita Purves Nature Center in Urbana. The glow was part of the center’s Candles Over the Prairie Grove events, which also included guided hikes along Busey Woods and…

Rantoul businesses putting out the welcome mat for the U.S. National Balloon Championships participants and spectators. In 1998, the event brought 90,000 people to the Champaign County village.

"Danny Clay, left, United Sign and Awning Company, and Jim Berhoeven, Fisher Communications, Oakwood, both from Danville, installed a new tornado siren in Sidney Monday morning" The News-Gazette, March 30, 1998.

Balloonist Cheri White of Houston prepares her balloon "Texas Wildflower" for the balloon championships in Rantoul. White bought her first balloon when she was just 19 years old. U.S. National Balloon Championships, Rantoul, IL, August 11, 1998.

Balloon staging area U.S. National Balloon Championships, Rantoul, IL, August, 11, 1998.

Balloons at Candles Over Prairie Grove , December 8, 1998.