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Skate park shut for repairs
The skate facility at Naperville Park District's Frontier Sports Complex along 95th Street will be closed for renovations beginning today. The renovations are included in an Open Space and Lands Acquisition and Development grant received through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to complete park improvements at Frontier. Enhancements to the facility will include the addition of several skate structures and fencing. The design can be viewed at www.napervilleparks.org. The Frontier skate facility will be closed for several weeks. Other skate facilities at Centennial Park, 500 W. Jackson Ave., and Commissioners Park, 3704 111th St., will remain open.
Warrenville Library hours
The Warrenville Public Library will be closed May 25 and May 26 for Memorial Day. The Library will reopen at 9:30 a.m. May 27.
Police scrutinize seat belts
The Wood Dale Police Department will participate in the Memorial Day 2008 Click It or Ticket campaign, funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The annual campaign started Friday and runs through June 1, including Memorial Day weekend. During the period, Wood Dale's police plan to set up safety belt enforcement zones on both residential and arterial roadways for several hours at a time.
Golf outing to help kids
Ray Graham Association will be among the organizations benefiting from a Kick Off for Kids golf outing May 30 at Abbey Springs Golf Course in Fontana, Wis. Kick Off for Kids, a nonprofit organization that raises money for local children's charities, was founded by Elmhurst residents Mike LaSpisa and Bill Paschen in 2002. Since then, it has raised more than $350,000 for local children's charities. For details, call (630) 359-4724.
Police donate pair of vans
Glendale Heights police donated two minivans to the Glen Ellyn-based Bridge Communities. The vans were seized more than a year ago from drivers whose licenses were revoked because of previous driving while intoxicated convictions, and subsequently awarded by a judge to Glendale Heights. Bridge Communities owns apartments buildings that provide shelter to homeless families as well as job assistance, educational services and mentoring.