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Air date: Saturday, November 21, 2009

Orpheum Science Museum; First Lego League; Great Pumpkin Patch; Cave-In-Rock

This is a rebroadcast from original air date Thursday, May 03, 2007
Episode number: 611

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WILL has fun and learns something about science at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in Champaign; we watch some amazing kids designing and building robots and structures out of Legos; we travel to Rockome to meet the Condill family and walk through their pumpkin patch; we travel to Cave-In-Rock State Park and see the natural wonders there

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Air date: Saturday, November 07, 2009

Cape Horn Adventure; Paul Idleman

This is a rebroadcast from original air date Thursday, April 12, 2007
Episode number: 609

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WILL takes to the seas to travel by boat around Cape Horn; we pay tribute to Paul Idleman and his career as rock and roll photographer.

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Air date: Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Whip Guy; Tom Hawk; Ray Walsh

This is a rebroadcast from original air date Thursday, March 29, 2007
Episode number: 607

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WILL watches Chris Camp, the Whip Guy, perform; we visit set designer Tom Hawk and learn about his trade; we meet Ray Walsh and learn about his beloved collection of tractors.

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Air date: Saturday, October 17, 2009

Christian County Coal Mining Museum, Cahokia Mounds, Allerton Park

This is a rebroadcast from original air date Thursday, March 22, 2007
Episode number: 606

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WILL travels to Taylorville to see a museum dedicated to the history of coal mining; we travel to the Cahokia Mounds and learn about the ancient Native American city that once thrived there; we walk through Allerton Park in central Illinois

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Air date: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Train Special: Monticello Railway Museum, Miniature Train Town of Rayville, The Inter-Urban Line

This is a rebroadcast from original air date Thursday, March 15, 2007
Episode number: 605

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WILL travels to central Illinois to the Monticello Railway Museum; we meet Ray McIntyre and spend a day at the miniature town of Rayville; we learn about the history of the Inter-Urban Train Line.

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Air date: Saturday, October 03, 2009

Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop, Bagelfest, Oakland Bakery

This is a rebroadcast from original air date Thursday, February 22, 2007
Episode number: 604

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WILL goes to Springfield to eat at the Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop; we celebrate Bagelfest in Mattoon; we show a classic Prairie Fire episode from 1992 about the Oakland Bakery

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