Jeff Reiter
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Cantigny announces photo contest winnersJan 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Cantigny Park visitors voted and the results are in. The top three prize winners of the 2015 Cantigny in Focus amateur photo contest are: • First place: Mary Brown of C...
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A look back at birding highlights of '16Jan 03, 2017 10:00 pm - Birding deserves a year in review story just like the myriad other categories of American life and culture. So for all the watchers out there, here's my compendium of b...
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Lisle's Wild Birds Unlimited feeds birders' hobbyNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Does anybody else remember The Nature Company? The retailer had a store at Oakbrook Center in the 1990s. It was a fun place to look around, like a shop you'd find in a n...
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Cantigny preparing for annual poinsettia displayNov 07, 2016 10:00 pm - Cantigny Park's horticulture department will play host to its annual Shades of Crimson Poinsettia Display from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the park's greenhous...
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Cantigny offers golf fitness workshopsNov 02, 2016 11:00 pm - A series of workshops focusing on golf-specific fitness and injury prevention will be offered at Cantigny Golf Academy in Wheaton in partnership with Callaway Golf Fitne...
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Local birders dream up ways to spend $500Sep 19, 2016 1:00 am - If $500 fell out of the sky and you had to spend it, what would you do? I recently posed this question to about 50 birders, just for fun. My ground rules were simple: T...
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Cantigny accepting entries for photo contestAug 29, 2016 11:00 pm - Cantigny accepting entries for its annual photo contest
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Skilled birder uses his ears for identificationAug 15, 2016 6:00 am - There is my list, and there is Kyle's list. When we're birding together, his list is always longer. The tall, quiet kid from Bellwood is a bird-finding machine. Kyle Wi...
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Cantigny celebrates McCormick Day with free activitiesJul 24, 2016 11:00 pm - Cantigny Park will celebrate the birthday of its benefactor, Col. Robert R. McCormick, with a full day of free activities on Thursday, Aug. 4. Tours, demonstrations and...
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Panafest celebrates African culture at Cantigny ParkJul 14, 2016 11:00 pm - Visitors can shop, dance and eat when Cantigny Park plays host to its first Pan African Cultural Festival from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31, at ...