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CONTENTS General information and schedule of events Lodi Grape Festival honors nation with patriotic theme, ‘America the Beautiful’ Mural captures festival’s patriotic theme Fair talent guaranteed to rock Lodi with funk, alternative, blues Don and Jean Phillips head this year’s parade as grand marshals Festival parade comes from months of planning, effort Patriotic festival theme turns Grape Pavilion into a hall of flags Festival presents chance to taste fine local wines Good eats, from snacks to desserts, can be found at the festival Bobbie Norton: Invaluable behind-the-scenes person Answers to Grape Festival trivia questions Butler Amusements brings fun, games to Grape Festival Step right up and win a stuffed bulldog! Talented people make murals with grapes Hewlett-Packard brings technology exhibit to town Swan Brothers bring comedy circus to festival once again Don’t forget to visit the petting zoo Grape Festival features tobacco-free zones for fair-goers Festival Web site tells what to see, do 2002 president Caroline Lange has years of festival experience Board of directors plans for four-day event all year 2001 Grape Festival carried on despite terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. From Tokay to today: Evolution of the Grape Festival |
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Hewlett-Packard brings technology exhibit
to town
By Ryan Campbell Lodi’s venerable Grape Festival has always been a celebration of time-honored farming practices, but this year visitors will get a taste of technology as well. A fleet of three 18-wheel trucks will roll into town hauling the latest high-tech gadgetry from computer maker Hewlett-Packard. Built to resemble single-family homes, the 53-foot-long trailers carry an assortment of futuristic toys, from hand-held computers to huge interactive entertainment centers. The nationwide tour is dubbed “Bringing it Home” and is intended to expose small towns to a host of new digital devices from the company, said John Weipz, event supervisor for HP. “It is a tremendous opportunity for the HP name to get into smaller communities,” he said. The company plans to bring the exhibit to more than 600 cultural, educational, athletic and consumer events in 300 cities throughout the United States and Canada. The company wants to encourage families to explore an array of digital delights in a distinctly hands-on setting. The show will also feature new digital imaging devices that include cameras, printers and scanners. HP will also debut the HP 950 -- a printer, scanner and fax machine all in one. HP’s business partner, Intel Corp., maker of the Pentium Processor series, will also be on display during the tour. The company already has plans to return for next year’s Grape Festival if this one is deemed a success, Weipz said. Home | News | Sports | Business | Features | Opinion | Obituaries |Classifieds | Archives |
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