Article updated: 7/8/2011 1:06 PM

Family Circle names St. Charles No. 1 city in the country

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Ryan Summerwill, 9, of St. Charles does a flip off the diving board while enjoying summer at Pottawatomie Pool in St. Charles.

RICK WESt | Staff Photographer

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Hotel Baker is a main tourist attraction in St. Charles, which was named the best city in the country to raise a family by Family Circle magazine.

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Pottawatomie Park is one of many attributes that helped make St. Charles the No. 1 city for families according to Family Circle magazine.

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A family crosses the Fox River near Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles. Pottawatomie is one of the attractions that helped Family Circle name St. Charles the No. 1 city for families to live.

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After hearing St. Charles had been named the No. 1 city in the country to raise a family by Family Circle magazine, Ray Ochromowicz said he just wanted to throw his hands in the air to celebrate.

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