Articles filed under Fox Valley Park District
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Park district to stage senior walk programApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - I once thought of walking as a quasi-form of exercise, a leisure activity disguised as fitness. Surely, I reasoned, walking is not tough enough or intense enough to cou...
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Break out the bucket: Fox Valley Easter egg hunts beckonMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The Easter bunny is set to hide thousands of Easter eggs across the Fox Valley beginning today. So kids, grab your Easter basket - and in some cases a flashlight - and ...
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MapleFest at Red Oak taps sweet taste of springMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - We adults could not have asked it better - or more succinctly - than the young questioner. As our group enjoyed a beautiful spring day last March at the Red Oak Nature C...
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Tri-Cities briefsMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Kids clothing resale The Tri-Cities Mothers of Twins and Triplets Club spring resale is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Mooseheart field house, Route 31 and...
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Eola Center carves a popular niche with Family Open GymMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Parents, picture this scenario - and try not to cringe: The kids are out of school. The weather is cold and rainy and, looking outside at the brown grass and mud, it's h...
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Fox Valley district approves Aurora park planMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - The 18-acre New Haven Community Park on Aurora's near-west side is in line for roughly $2 million in improvements to turn it into a recreation hub in a highly developed ...
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It really is time to think summerFeb 25, 2010 10:00 pm - I didn't clear this proposal with Mother Nature, but she won't mind. The Winter Olympics offer a perfect launchpad for this idea - and the calendar will oblige, too. Wi...
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Aurora woman celebrates 100th birthdayFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The year was 1910. Milk was 32 cents a gallon. A 12-day cruise cost a mere $60. There were 8,000 cars in circulation and only 10 miles of paved roads. The average worker...
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Day of fun, games for kids offered to promote good healthFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Today's kids have the best-conditioned thumbs of any generation. Lightning-quick reflexes, too. Problem is, those are the only targets Xbox and PlayStation hit when it c...
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Tri-Cities briefsFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Irish bagpiper at Fox's: Entertainer Ian Coulter comes to Batavia's Fox's on the River with Irish humor, storytelling and, of course, bagpipes from 7 to midnight ...