Articles filed under Fox Valley Park District
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Pumpkin weekends bring fall fun to Aurora's Blackberry FarmSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - Blackberry Farm in Aurora will be at its pioneer peak this fall, decorated and ready for families to enjoy during a series of five Pumpkin Weekends. “Half the fun is see...
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Create a Raku masterpiece at Blackberry FarmSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - Blackberry Farm potters will host Raku Pottery Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, bringing the ancient form of Japanese pottery making to life for the public. ...
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Trails, picnic areas, accessible features on tap at Vaughan in AuroraSep 14, 2011 12:00 am - The ponds designed to hold stormwater north of the Vaughan Athletic Center in Aurora aren’t going away. But the Fox Valley Park District will work around them, with a pl...
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Blackberry Farm’s Fall Harvest celebrates 1840s farm lifeSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Corn just might steal the show this year at Blackberry Farm’s Fall Harvest. Corn-shelling demonstrations, a corn cob doll-making station and a corn boil offering corn on...
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Dinner theater comes to Fox Valley Park DistrictSep 01, 2011 12:00 am - “All-inclusive” is a really inviting term. It usually entails everything, like the one-price-for-all-amenities honeymoon that offers the happy newlyweds airfare, lodging...
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Blackberry Farm getting $1.5M upgradeAug 22, 2011 1:00 am - Visitors come to Blackberry Farm expecting a peek into the past, but some brand-new features are coming soon to the park and living history museum on Aurora’s southwest ...
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Aurora's Waubonsie Lake Park is getting upgradesAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Even as a Fox Valley Park District employee, it's OK to admit I have a favorite park — well, parks — that I especially enjoy. With its outstanding network of trails, spa...
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Ready for 'Amazing Race'? Try Fox Valley version firstJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - Batavia firefighter Cale Loebbaka is always up for a challenge. So last year when a friend heard about Fox Valley Park District's Amazing Race program, Loebbaka was quic...
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Marmion alum returns to the stage in ‘The King and I’Jul 21, 2011 12:00 am - Joe Rigaud stepped off the stage in 1993, figuring his role as Jim in “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” would be the last of his acting “career.” A high sc...
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New Gilman Trail overpass will bridge the safety gapJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - It seems like only yesterday when a bike ride on the western edge of Aurora was a peaceful pedal along country roads. Even better was the Virgil Gilman Trail, its wester...