Articles filed under Vernon Hills Park District
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Tree, bench donation program:Apr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Vernon Hills residents can honor a special person or commemorate a birthday or anniversary by donating a tree or bench in a park. Trees are sold at cost, with prices ran...
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Vernon Hills Park District seeks grant for expansionMar 04, 2014 12:01 am - The Vernon Hills Park District hopes to leverage state dollars to make a significant expansion at its Lakeview Fitness Center. The district has spent about $1 million on...
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Vernon Hills may seek exception to smoking ban for summer festivalJan 22, 2014 5:02 pm - Vernon Hills officials will seek an exception from a recently enacted smoking ban to give visitors to its annual Summer Celebration festival in Century Park a place to p...
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Winter Fest in Vernon HillsJan 16, 2014 9:08 am - Sometimes winter is a good thing. Especially if you hold a program packed full of activities surrounding cold and snow. The Vernon Hills Park District hosted its Winter...
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Winter Fest in Vernon Hills:Jan 14, 2014 12:01 pm - The Vernon Hills Park District hosts a Winter Fest event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Century Park North, 1001 Lakeview Parkway. Activities include a liv...
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Century Park becomes winter wonderlandJan 03, 2014 4:30 am - After two days of feeling trapped in their homes, many Lake County residents took to the hills Thursday to enjoy the fresh snow. Children and families swooshed down the...
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Editorial: Local progress in lung cancer awarenessNov 27, 2013 4:00 am - It’s certainly not as well-known as October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And its color — white — not as well-worn. But November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and it...
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Smoking ban extended to all Vernon Hills Park District facilitiesNov 22, 2013 3:59 pm - Broadening rules that had been in place, the Vernon Hills Park District has banned the use of tobacco products within 15 feet of all of its properties. “The essence of t...
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Old Vernon Hills YMCA to show new look SaturdayNov 07, 2013 4:30 am - About this time last year, discussions about the imminent demise of YMCAs in Vernon Hills and Waukegan were fast and furious after the organization, citing substantial d...
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Pumpkin launch in Vernon HillsNov 04, 2013 9:15 am - Grab your gourds for a pumpkin launch at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the sled hill on the north end of Century Park, north of Route 60 off Lakeview Parkway in Vernon Hi...