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Photo of the Day: Gone Fishin’

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When temperatures breached the 70’s and 80’s on Wednesday, residents from Des Plaines and elsewhere in the Chicago area wasted no time retreating outside to soak up the warm weather. After two weeks of rain, flooding, gray skies, and more of the same expected this weekend, on Wednesday babies were wheeled in strollers, dogs jumped for Frisbies, kids huddled in groups outdoors and, as seen in this picture, anglers trekked to local fishing holes. The break in the weather afforded the opportunity to kick off work and hang a sign in the window with the timeless proclamation: Gone Fishin’. A number of fishermen visited Belleau Lake Forest Preserve on Wednesday, which is situated west of I-294 at 2200 Busse Highway, partially in Des Plaines and …

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Patch Employees Wield Saws and Loppers During Volunteer Day

Patch staff volunteer in the community five times a year as part of our Give 5 program. Wednesday we removed invasive buckthorn trees from the Skokie Lagoons.

As Patch editors and advertising reps, we're accustomed to brandishing pens, paper and iPhones. But Wednesday morning you could find us wielding — some for the first time — hand saws and loppers as we cut and then burned buckthorn trees at the Skokie Lagoons in Winnetka. Our excellent leader was Daniel Kielson, a volunteer with the Cook County Forest Preserve and president of Backyard Nature Center, who explained to us that buckthorn are an invasive species that can take over an area and choke out the native plants. Patch employees volunteer in the communities we cover five times a year as part of our Give 5 program. If you know of a nonprofit that would like our help, please let your local editor know.

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Des Plaines Snapshots: Parks

Local landmarks photo gallery.

Patch photographer Philip Downie documented Des Plaines landmarks. Then, local historian Brian Wolf wrote captions for the images. We’ll publish the four photo galleries they created, one a week. This is the third of the four. Click here to view all the Des Plaines Snapshots photo galleries. Earlier: Des Plaines Snapshots: Schools. Connect on Facebook.

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Christopher Brinckerhoff

9:54 am on Monday, November 28, 2011

Thanks for the comment John O'Donnell.   more ›