Articles filed under Park Districts
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Vintage baseball coming to BloomingdaleApr 15, 2011 12:00 am - Well before baseball made headlines with steroid scandals, player strikes and other distractions, it was a simpler game, America's pastime. And the sport of that era wil...
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Kites ready to launch at Wheaton festivalApr 15, 2011 12:00 am - Consider them the calm within the storm. With more than 800 kites flown by kids of all ages — and skill levels — expected in the air Sunday during an afternoon festival ...
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Mayor Daley opens Chicago's Buckingham FountainApr 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley has opened the city's famed Buckingham Fountain for the spring and summer seasons. Daley was at the more than 80-year-old fountain early Fr...
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Gurnee parks hold family fun eventApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - Gurnee Park District’s Family Fun Day and Passport Event is set for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, at the Hunt Club Park soccer fields, 900 N. Hunt Club Road. Action i...
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Palatine Park District’s Hound Egg Hunt on SaturdayApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - The Palatine Park District will host a Hound Egg Hunt at noon Saturday, April 16, at Towne Square, 150 W. Palatine Road, Palatine. Dogs will hunt for eggs filled with tr...
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Palatine Park District recommends closing Willow PoolApr 14, 2011 12:00 am - The swimmers, sunbathers and socializers who for the past 47 years have enjoyed Willow Pool on Palatine’s east side may be losing their neighborhood fixture. Citing age,...
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A year of home detention for Batavia sex offenderApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - A Kane County judge has ordered a sex offender to spend a year on electronic home monitoring after he served as a head coach of his son's youth baseball team in Batavia ...
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Palatine’s Battle of the Bands seeks entriesApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - Entries are being accepted for the annual Battle of the Bands on June 13 at the Fred P. Hall Amphitheater in Palatine. Interested bands must submit a CD/DVD or web link...
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Elk Grove Park District rummage sale this monthApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - It’s time once again for the Elk Grove Park District’s biannual rummage sale, to be held this year on Thursday, April 28 and Friday, April 29. The sale will take place f...
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Cameras to combat graffiti, litter at W. Dundee skate park?Apr 12, 2011 12:00 am - Litter and lewd graffiti at a West Dundee skate park — some with satanic leanings — have prompted Dundee Township Park District officials to consider installing cameras ...