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| | Two Nebraska events among ABA's 2005 Top 100 in North America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Every spring, people from around the world flock to the Platte River Valley near Kearney, Neb., to view the breathtaking migratory flight of the world's population of sandhill cranes--90 percent that instinctually stop here to replenish food and water before resuming their trip to northernmost destinations. |
 | | ABA's Top 100 includes everything from fairs, festivals and parades, to exhibits, theater and shows, to help guide professional planners, visitor bureaus, tourism officials, travel writers and the general public for the upcoming year. |
 | | The ABA, the leading trade organization for the group travel industry, compiles the list, which is chosen from among hundreds of events nominated by state and provincial tourism officials, and convention and visitors associations from across North America. |
| www.swnebr.net /newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/printversion.pl?156350 (422 words) |
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