Jeff Reiter
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Celebrate the season & the Mistletoe MarketNov 26, 2015 10:00 pm - Families and gift seekers alike are invited to Cantigny Park for some holiday magic on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton. Activities and attractions incl...
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See Cantigny's poinsettias during greenhouse tourNov 19, 2015 10:00 pm - With the last of the fall color giving way to winter grays, Cantigny Park is offering a mood-lifting tour of its greenhouse full of vibrant reds. The annual Shades of Cr...
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5K nets $12,500 for homeless vetsNov 19, 2015 10:00 pm - Cantigny Park, part of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, awarded a check for $12,504 to the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton. The donation, presen...
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Bird watching paradise? Sometimes your own yardNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - My yard, and probably yours too, is a fine place to watch birds. It doesn't matter that it's surrounded by other houses, or that a park, pond or woods is nowhere in sig...
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Cantigny announces its 5K winnersNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - For the second straight year, Chris Zielinski captured first place at the Cantigny 5K Run/Walk. With a chip time of 17 minutes, 27 seconds (17:26.59), the 40-year-old fr...
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Cantigny's Community Trees honor philanthropic legacyNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Seven Community Trees, each decorated for Christmas by a different local nonprofit organization, go on display this month at the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny P...
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Cantigny 5K races to help homeless veteransOct 19, 2015 11:00 pm - Cantigny Park invites runners and walkers of all ages to enter the 12th annual Cantigny 5K Run/Walk to help the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton. Held an...
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Backyard bird feeding is a seedy obsessionOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Last month on the train returning to Glen Ellyn from Chicago, I might have been the only passenger reading a book and not fiddling with a smartphone. And I'm 99 percent...
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Cantigny to host Revolutionary War encampmentSep 02, 2015 11:00 pm - More than 400 actors will provide a living history lesson about the Revolutionary War this weekend at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. The free and historically accurate spec...
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Birding can be what you make itSep 02, 2015 11:00 pm - I never really expect too much on an early August bird walk. Fall migration hasn't quite arrived. The birding can be a little slow. But I'm rethinking that after a walk...