Articles filed under Park Districts
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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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Des Plaines parks hosts father-daughter ballFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Girls and their dads became "royalty" for an evening as they dined and danced Saturday at the 2010 Father Daughter Royal Ball. The annual Des Plaines Park District event...
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Hawthorn Woods planning recreation surveyFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Hawthorn Woods village officials want to build and expand recreation programming and are looking to residents' responses to an online survey for guidance. The village be...
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Geneva parks classes to make it easier to go greenFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - If you would like to live a little "greener," but don't know compost from cornflakes, the Geneva Park District's new "Green Living Series" is for you. "We're trying to e...
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DuPage County briefsFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Event to benefit museum The DuPage County Historical Museum will host its first casino night from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19. The museum in downtown Wheaton ...
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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 ...
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Ex-Mundelein park board member dies at 71Feb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Gordon Peter "Butch" Hein wasn't born in Mundelein, but he loved the town as if he were a native son. He raised a family in town. He started a local business. He spent 2...
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Lake County briefsFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - A natural scholarship: The Friends of Volo Bog are offering two scholarships of $1,000 each to high school students interested in pursuing an environmental career...
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Barrington park officials to discuss new bond issue for improvementsFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Barrington Park District commissioners will discuss the possibility of a new bond issue for capital projects Monday. But they emphasized that none of the work being cons...