Articles filed under Des Plaines Park District
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First Annual Junior Golf Open at Lake Park Golf CourseJul 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Around 20 young golfers teed off at the first annual Des Plaines Park District Youth Golf Open on Friday, July 17 at Lake Park Golf Course. Most participants were from D...
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'Heroes' named by Maine Township youth support groupJul 19, 2015 1:00 am - The Maine Community Youth Assistance Foundation has announced its five Community Heroes who will be given awards in September. The honorees are Mary Dankowski of the Des...
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Des Plaines gets new band conductor - second in as many yearsJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - The Des Plaines Community Concert Band has a new conductor - its second in as many years. The Des Plaines Park District this week chose Al Legutki permanently fill the r...
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Griffin: Taxpayers foot six-figure pension for private employeeJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - As Peter Murphy's taxpayer-funded salary nears $400,000, the cost of his eventual public pension grows with it. Last year, in addition to his $360,000 salary — more than...
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Des Plaines Community Concert Band Under New Leadership to Perform at Live at the LakeJun 28, 2015 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines Park District named Dr. Al Legutki as the new conductor for the Des Plaines Community Concert Band. This isn't Dr. Legutki's first time conducting the De...
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New playgrounds at Des Plaines parkJun 28, 2015 1:00 am - McKay-Nealis Park in Des Plaines has new playground equipment - two separate play structures for different age groups - which were installed before the park's recent red...
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Des Plaines Park District honors champion and role modelJun 25, 2015 6:00 am - Vincent Parcelli has been pitching and playing shortstop on Des Plaines Youth Baseball teams since he was 4 years old. Everything he learned in those past 10 years was o...
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Des Plaines talk to focus on journey of LatinasJun 07, 2015 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines History Center will present Paloma Greer at the Coffee Talk, "Rising Latinas in the Face of Adversity," from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at the Des Plain...
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Des Plaines adds new assistant superintendent of parks and planningJun 03, 2015 1:00 am - The Des Plaines Park District has hired a new assistant superintendent of parks and planning. Corrie Guynn comes to Des Plaines from Evanston, where he worked in the cit...
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Potawatomi artist photo exhibit at Des Plaines History CenterJun 02, 2015 11:00 pm - The public is invited to immerse themselves in Potawatomi art and culture at the Des Plaines History Center, 781 Pearson St. Six stunning, almost-life-size photographs o...