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Archers, fishers experience new Blackwell amenities at DuPage forest event

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Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com Priest Walker of Wheaton retrieves his arrows during the DuPage County Forest Preserve's opening of an upgraded archery range at the Blackwell Forest Preserve.

Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com Ray Black, 11, of Wheaton, eyes his target during the DuPage County Forest Preserve's opening of an upgraded archery range at the Blackwell Forest Preserve Saturday near Warrenville.

Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com The DuPage County Forest Preserve opens a handicapped-accessible fishing pier at the Blackwell Forest Preserve.

Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com Nick Fuller, of the DuPage County Forest Preserve, talks about the new Urban Stream Research Center, at the Blackwell Forest Preserve.

Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com Priest Walker of Wheaton eyes a downfield target during the DuPage County Forest Preserve's opening of an upgraded archery range at the Blackwell Forest Preserve Saturday.

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Hundreds of people tried their hand or practiced their skills at archery Saturday at the grand opening of the renovated range at Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenville, but Suzy Black of wasn't one of them. Still, Black, of Wheaton, said she was excited to see the facility open because it gives her 11-year-old son, Ray, a convenient place to enjoy a sport he's been practicing for a year. "This is great because it's so close," she said. "We've been waiting for it to open."

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