February 2018 – Ashes for Your Compost
If you have a wood-burning fireplace, save your ashes in a tin instead of throwing them away. Cold wood ashes can be mixed in your compost heap to create a valuable soil amendment that provides nutrients to your garden.
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Wheaton, Ill. – The special events of the Wheaton Park District range from 5K runs to golf outings to weekend festivals and more, but it’s the giving aspect of these events that make them so special. [...]
January 2018 – Water Facts
There is the same amount of water in the world today, as there was when the earth was formed; actually it’s the same water. The water that comes out of your faucet today could have been part of […]
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Wheaton, IL—On January 8, 2018, the doors to a sixth Rec & Roll location opened at the Central Athletic Complex in Wheaton. Rec & Roll is the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association’s (WDSRA) adult day program for people ages 22-55 with intellectual disabilities. Rec & Roll helps enhance their quality of life through purposeful recreation. [...]
WW1 Centennial News [November 8, 2017]: Episode #45
It’s about WW1 THEN – what was happening 100 years ago this week – and it’s about WW1 NOW – news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.
© Jaffe Films, Inc. | November 11th, 2017 | Northside Park, Wheaton IL
From Michael Benard, Executive Director
RE: Proposed Land Swap of 4.5 acres between the Wheaton Park District and Community Unit School District #200 to facilitate the construction of a Preschool for children with disabilities [...]
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Wheaton, Ill.— On September 27, the United States World War One Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced the first 50 grant awardees for their “WWI Centennial Memorials” program, and the list includes Wheaton’s own WWI Obelisk in Northside Park. [...]
From Michael Benard, Executive Director
RE: Discussion: Proposed Land Swap of 4.5 acres between the Wheaton Park District and Community Unit School District #200 to facilitate the construction of a Preschool for children with disabilities [...]
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Wheaton, Ill.— As the sun sets in the autumn sky on Friday, September 29, the FT Cares Light the Torch Night Run/Walk will be back for its fourth year in downtown Wheaton. [...]
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Wheaton, Ill.— The way modern American society chooses to deal with death is often by avoiding the topic altogether. Death in DuPage is the thrilling, upcoming exhibit at the DuPage County Historical Museum (102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton, IL) that will attempt to pull the curtain back on America’s death rituals and practices – something long considered to be a private affair – only to be known by undertakers and to be hidden from the public. [...]
September 2017: GreenCity Project Clothing Recycling Added Maybe you’ve been cleaning out closets with the kids back in school–by donating you can help reduce our carbon footprint and reverse the flow of materials to landfills. Your donation of textiles and shoes can find a second life with local schools, churches, […]
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Wheaton, Ill.— International tension, meddling in foreign affairs, revolutions and civil unrest; these are not just contemporary problems of the world. A century ago, the same aggressive stimuli of today wracked the globe. The Great War took a toll worldwide, but the textbooks scarcely describe its impact on local communities. [...]
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Wheaton, Ill.— On Thursday, September 21, DuPage County Historical Museum and People’s Resource Center bring back an Oktoberfest celebration that combines the best of Germany’s cuisine and a riveting game of 18 holes at Arrowhead Golf Course. [...]
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Wheaton, Ill.— Every August since 2013, the Wheaton Park District and Wheaton College Arena Theater work together to bring the iconic works of William Shakespeare to life. For two nights, the Memorial Park band shell will undergo a transformation that will transport spectators to Messina, Italy where this year’s play, Much Ado about Nothing, is set. [...]