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BEST FEST
BEST FEST. Dubuque's first "Best Fest" featuring the "best" of everything from bagels to massage therapist was held in the DIAMOND JO CASINO on March 3, 1998. The event was sponsored by the Iowa State Chapter of the March of Dimes as a fundraiser for the March of Dimes Hawkeye Division/Dubuque office. Dubuque's event was only the fifth "best of" contest sponsored by the organization in the nation.
Participants in the event had been chosen in January in the March of Dimes "Best of the Tri-States" competition where consumers voted for their favorite restaurant, Friday night fish fry, or Long Island iced teas among 63 categories.
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Source:
Nevans-Pederson, Mary. "Dubuque 'Best Fest' a Quest for Zest," Telegraph Herald, February 27, 1998, p. 12A. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19980227&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
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