Woodridge Jubilee Schedule of Events

The Jubilee will be held from Wednesday, June 13, to Sunday, June 17.

Show Off Your Skills at the Woodridge Park District Skate Park Contest

Show off your best skateboarding tricks and win prizes at the June 8 competition.

Show Off Your Skills at the Woodridge Park District Skate Park Contest

Show off your best skateboarding tricks and win prizes at the June 8 competition.

Show off your best skateboarding tricks at the Woodridge Park District Skate Park Contest. The contest will take place on Friday, June 8, at the Janes Avenue Skate Park, 7927 Janes Avenue. All skate contestants will be guaranteed one qualifying one-minute run for the crowd and judges. Top scorers from the first run will then skate in a second and final deciding run. Prizes are a skate board for first place, a truck for second place and wheels for third place. All participants must wear a helmet. Snacks and beverages will be provided and music will be played to help the crowd cheer on the skaters. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and the event begins at 6 p.m. Divisions will be separated by ages 8-14, high schoolers and adults. The cost is $10…

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Woodridge Park District Offers Skateboard Camp

The camp in Woodridge will take place July 23-27.

Beginner and intermediate skateboarders are invited to attend Woodridge Park District's "Go Skate" Skateboarding Camp at Janes Avenue Skate Park.  The Woodridge skateboard camp is instructed by "Go Skate," a leading provider of skateboard lessons.  Two camps will be offered from July 23 to 27: one for 6- to 10-year-olds and another for those 8-year-olds and up. Skateboarders will get comfortable in the skate park, as well as learn cool tricks like ollies, kick flips and how to ride the ramp.  The 6- to 10-year-old camp will run from 9 to 10:15 a.m. and cost $80 for residents and $100 for nonresidents.  The 8-year-old and older camp will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and cost $130 for residents and $150 for nonresidents.  The …

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Another Incident of Graffiti at Janes Avenue Skate Park

The Oct. 31 incident is the third in a week.

Three instances of graffiti at Janes Avenue Skate Park were reported in a week, according to Woodridge police reports.  The instances took place between Oct. 24 and Oct. 31.  Graffiti on a park bench was discovered around 8 a.m. on Oct. 24. Someone marked the cement near the park shelter with paint between Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. and Oct. 27 at 7:30 a.m.  Most recently, someone marked a bench at the park with spray paint on Oct. 31 around 9:45 p.m.  The first two incidents of graffiti were minimal and park district employees cleaned it all off, according to Julie Rhodes, assistant superintendent of recreation. Before Oct. 24, the last reported incidence of graffiti was in Oct. 2010, a month after the park had opened. Someone had scribbled in …

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Vandalism Reported Twice at Skate Park

The Janes Avenue skate park was vandalized twice last week, according to police.

Two instances of graffiti at the Janes Avenue Skate Park were reported last week.  Graffiti on a park bench was discovered around 8 a.m. on Oct. 24. Someone also marked the cement near the park shelter with paint between Oct. 26 at 5 p.m. and Oct. 27 at 7:30 a.m.  The last reported incidence of graffiti was last October, a month after the park had opened. Someone had scribbled in marker on some of the boards of the picnic tables and on one of the columns of the park shelter. Since the graffiti was in marker, it was easy to remove and did not take more than an hour's worth of labor to do so, according to Woodridge Park District executive director Mike Adams. The cost was $200.  The cost of last week's damage was not reported. 

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