Hanover Park Park District notes

Halloween Spooktacular: The Hanover Park Park District holds its all-ages Halloween Spooktacular from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Community Center Gym, 1919 Walnut Ave.

Featured will be games, crafts, a costume contest and mini-pumpkin hunt. Concessions will be available for a fee.

Admission costs $4, $6 for nonresidents, with parents admitted free. For more information, call (630) 837-2468 or visit online at hpparks.org.

Cooking 101: The Hanover Park Park District offers Cooking 101 from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday in the Hanover Park Park District Activity Room B/Kitchen.

Ages 11 to 15 can learn how to prepare fast and easy meals, read recipes and how to measure ingredients. All of supplies are provided, but attendees should bring a container for taking home their work.

The fee is $22, $33 for nonresidents. For more information, call the park district at (630)837-2468.

Learn to draw anime: The Hanover Park Park District will offer an anime cartoon class from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Nov. 7-Nov. 28, in the HPPD Community Center Art Studio. The program is for ages 7 to 12.

Create original characters in the popular anime style while learning to draw expressions, human features, movement and action. Work as a class to complete a comic book scene.

Fee for the class is $52, $67 for nonresidents. For more information, call the arts coordinator at (630) 837-2468.

Creative cooking: A creative cooking class will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in Activity Room B and the kitchen. The program is for ages 6 to 10.

Recipes will be available to take home, and participants should bring a container for leftovers.

For more information, call recreation services supervisor Nicole Mantegna at (630) 837-2468, ext. 138.

Art display: Recent sculptures by Bartlett artist Lambert Lucietto will be on display in the Hanover Park Park District Community Center Gallery, 1919 Walnut Ave., Hanover Park during the month of November.

A reception for the artist will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 12. For more information, call arts coordinator Susan Matthews at (630) 837-2468.

Turkey Shoot: The Hanover Park Park District's annual Turkey Shoot will be held Nov. 17 at the Hanover Park Park District Community Center Gym. Registration begins at 2, and the competition at 2:30 p.m.

Teams are made up of one adult and at least one child, and competition will be grouped by the youngest child's age. Each team will shoot 10 basketball free throws, and the team with the most combined points in each category will bring home a turkey.

Advance registration is recommended. Admission costs $4 per family. For more information, call athletic services at (630)837-2468, ext. 118.

Before and After School Club: The Hanover Park Park District's Before and After School Club features games, snacks, crafts and more.

B/ASC is offered Monday through Friday, and participants can choose the days needed. The following schools are taking part: Horizon, Ontarioville, Laurel Hill, Hanover Highlands, Parkwood, and Greenbrook. B/ASC for Greenbrook is held at the school, with the rest held at the Ahlstrand Fieldhouse, 6900 Catalpa Road, Hanover Park.

For times and locations, call the park district at (630) 837-2468.

Party planning: The Hanover Park Park District can help coordinate children's birthday parties and special events. Two assigned hosts will plan and host a two-hour party from start to finish, entertain, serve food and dessert, and clean up. Each party has its own private room and guests are supervised at all times.

The park district provides the tableware, juice, balloons, group pictures and a party bag. The three different types of parties offered are Crazy Games Party, Sports 'n' More Party and Princess Parties. Custom parties are available upon request.

A two-week notice is required to reserve a party. For more information or to book a party, call recreation services supervisor Nicole Mantegna at (630) 837-2468, ext. 138.

Arson tipster award program: Public playgrounds have been targeted recently by arsonists. An entire playground, worth tens of thousands of dollars, can be lost to the children of the community within a matter of minutes.

Other park amenities such as shelters have also been damaged or destroyed. As much as staff and local law enforcement officers try to prevent these incidents, it is sometimes local residents and park users that are the best sources of information.

The Hanover Park Park District has adopted the new Arson Tipster Award Program. The program will be promoted through posters, fliers and press releases. The public is encouraged to call the designated hotline at (630) 837-2468, ext. 222, with any information related to an act of arson on park district property.

Should that information lead to the arrest of a perpetrator or a conspirator, that person will then be nominated for a cash reward up to $500. The Park District Risk Management Agency will administer the award program.

For more information, call (630) 837-2468.

For more information regarding general park district programs and services, call the main office at (630) 837-2468 or the Centre Court Athletic Club at (630) 837-6300.

For more information, call (630) 837- 2468.