Annual Junior Tour de Naperville set for Aug. 14
The 8th annual Junior Tour de Naperville will take place Saturday, Aug. 14, at Commissioners Park, 3704 111th St.
Registration is available for children in the 9- to 12-year-old age bracket. Younger age brackets have been filled.
The 3- to 5-year-olds will begin their ride around the 1.2-mile trail at 9 a.m., followed by the 6- to 8-year-olds at 10 a.m. and the 9- to 12-year-olds at 11 a.m.
The older children will be challenged to go around the track as many times as they can, a news release said.
Participants will receive a T-shirt and will have stops for drinks and snacks. Parents can cheer from the sidelines or accompany them around the course.
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To register, go to www.napervilleparks.org.
Dedication of Papanos garden to be held July 30
A dedication ceremony for a new garden honoring the late Chuck Papanos will be held at noon Friday, July 30, just west of the Grand Pavilion, 912 Sindt Court.
The garden was planted for Papanos, who was operations manager for Naperville Park District’s north parks and the Riverwalk and died last year from T-cell lymphoma.
Among the facilities Papanos helped oversee were Centennial Beach and the Nike Sports Complex and he worked on such events as the Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, the Sprint Triathlon and the Healing Field of Honor at Rotary Hill.
Park district Executive Director Ray McGury and Papanos’ wife Ann Marie will be among the speakers at the pubic ceremony.
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