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Yorkville High School students walk towards their newly remodeled and expanded school building on Monday morning, the first day of classes for the 2015-16 school year.
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his past Monday morning marked the start of another school year for Yorkville School District students. The opening of school also marked the re-opening of a newly rebuilt and widened section of Game Farm Road adjoining Yorkville High School, the Yorkville Academy and Yorkville Grade School. The new, threelane road with a center turn lane should help improve traffic flow adjoining the three schools.
ABOVE: Traffic was heavy, but moved well on newly widened Game Farm Road in front of Yorkville High School on Monday morning. BELOW: Students follow a crossing guard across a freshly striped crosswalk on Game Farm Road.
Hometown Days, the city of Yorkville’s annual end-of-summer festival, starts Friday, Sept. 4, and will continue through Sunday, Sept. 6, in Beecher Park off Game Farm Road at 908 Game Farm Road. Everyone is invited to attend the fest, which features live music on all three nights, a carnival, food, and a wide variety of family-oriented events and activities. The fest is organized by the city’s Park and Rec Department. Castle Bank serves as the fest’s primary sponsor. Here is an update on the calendar of events: Carnival: The carnival will run from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, and from 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6. Wristbands allow riders to ride an unlimited amount of times for $20 per rider during the allotted time. Wristbands will be available from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Rush-Copley Family Activities Area: This area is designed to keep children of all ages busy. This year’s area will feature Touch-A-Truck and bounce houses all weekend long. Cool off with a complimentary bottle of water from Jacob’s Well. There will also be a petting zoo available from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5. Ultimate Air Dogs Competition : Enjoy a spectacular show of courage and athletics, from dogs
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This will be our biggest and best auction of the Fall2 Days! September 19 & 20
Taking consignments for our upcoming Fall Firearms, Military, Hunting, Native American Artifacts, Advertising & Coin Auction.
Items wanted include: Advertising, any firearms, ammo, knives, military, advertising signs, antiques, cars, toys, coins, currency, native american artifacts, unusual & rare items. We already have over 125 firearms from local estates. 1,000’s of rounds of ammo. Many military items from the Civill War to Vietnam, WW2 German Helmets & Daggers, Beer neons, 2 huge coin collections, and much more!! Call Matt at (815) 970-7077 or visit www.BullockAuctioneers.com We are a FFL auction firm
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On the Hometown Days Fest stage: Friday, Sept. 4 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.: Citizen Way Saturday, Sept. 5 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Red Woody 5 p.m.- 7 p.m.: Billy Croft and the 5 Alarm 8 p.m.-10 p.m.: Mike and Joe Sunday, Sept. 6 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Yorkville Big Band 5 p.m.- 7 p.m.: 7th Heaven 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.: hi-Infidelity
and their owners as they jump off a dock after a Frisbee into a pool of water. Come as a spectator or compete with your own dog. Open jump time is available from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4. The competition begins Saturday, Sept. 5, and ends Sunday, Sept. 6. Competitor registration is taken online at the Ultimate Air Dogs website, www. ultimateairdogs.net. All dogs are welcome; they only have to know how to swim. For more information on the Ultimate Air Dogs Competition, visit Ultimate Air Dogs’ website or contact the Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department at 630-553-4357. The city is currently seeking vendors and exhibitors for this year’s competition. For more information, download the vendor rules and regulations and the vendor application.
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