Friday, May 3, 2013
Clues will start being released today, May 3 with six in total. The winner receives $250.
Want to go on a treasure hunt? Oswego doesn't have one of those, but the Medallion Hunt is pretty close. The event returns after a six-year hiatus for the 25th anniversary of PrairieFest, put on by the Oswegoland Park District from June 13- June 16. The Medallion hunt starts on Friday, May 3 in which a clue will be released to lead you to the location of the medallion. Six weekly clues will be released, all requiring different methods - from code cracking, deduction, trivia and more - to solve. The clues will be released on the PrairieFest Facebook page, the official PrairieFest website, on Twitter at @PFestPrairiedog, at any Oswegoland Park District facilities, and announced on WSPY at 1:25pm. If you are the first person/team to find …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Groups are still welcome to submit event ideas to the Park District or volunteer.
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Wednesday, February 20
Monday, February 18, 2013
Groups are still welcome to submit event ideas to the Park District or volunteer.
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Monday, February 18
Editor's Note: The following is from a press release issued by the Oswegoland Park District: For as long as anyone can remember, Father’s Day weekend has meant a hometown festival around here. Known originally as Oswego Days, the event began as a Jaycee fund raising carnival in the early ‘60’s. In the following years, the Oswego Business Association added sidewalk sales, vendors, and a street dance. The last Oswego Days was held in 1987, and in 1988 there wasn’t a festival in Oswego. Responding to the need for a community celebration, the Oswegoland Park District took over coordination of the event in 1988, renaming it PrairieFest. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Oswegoland Park District’s PrairieFest. Free gate admission, …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Informational meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, January 16
Editor's Note: The following is from a press release provided by the Oswegoland Park District: The community will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of PrairieFest over June 13-16, 2013. The Oswegoland Park District coordinates the festival and encourages community wide involvement. PrairieFest has become a community festival because of the many groups, businesses, and organizations who host the events and activities. Events can be held at any location, and those officially registered through the Park District benefit from support and festival advertising. Check out photos from last year's Prairiefest There will be an informational meeting for any group wishing to host something at PrairieFest on Tuesday, January 29 at 7pm at South Point …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Park Board gets recap of this summer’s PrairieFest
The 24th annual PrairieFest celebration held over three days in June saw a profit and revenue increase from last year. In a report to Park Board Commisisoners, Special Events Supervisor Kristie Vest said the 2013 PrairieFest saw revenue increase $2,681 from last year. The late start of the festival on Friday did impact revenue, particularly in beverage sales. Vest wrote that due to the weather conditions of the weekend – 100 plus temperatures and a forecast of afternoon rain – they were unable to recoup that loss. However, by increasing their Title Sponsors by one and doubling the Millennium Sponsors to six the Park District was able to make up for the shortfall in carnival and beverage sales. Sponsorship revenue in 2012 increased by $10,…
Friday, July 20, 2012
Someone cut wires powering Windy City Amusements' carnival rides during PrairieFest this year. The company is offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.
If you know who cut the wires powering Windy City Amusements’ rides during PrairieFest in Oswego this year, there could be $10,000 in it for you if you tell the police. Sometime between 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, and 10 a.m. Friday, June 15, someone cut copper cables leading from the rides to the generators in three places, according to Oswego police. Windy City employees discovered the damage Friday morning, and were delayed in opening the carnival. The vandalism caused $30,000 in damage, police said. The company has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case, police said. Anyone with info is asked to call Kendall County CrimeStoppers at 630-553-5999. Callers to CrimeStoppers remain …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Check out the final two videos in our four-part series on PrairieFest 2012.
And with these two videos, we bring our coverage of PrairieFest 2012 to an end. The third and fourth in our series (go here to see the first two), these videos cover Saturday and Sunday, the last two days of the Oswegoland Park District’s massive festival. You’ll get to see Saturday’s Oswego Fire Protection District bucket brigade, and performances by Oswego band Cash Inn and headliners the Gin Blossoms. And in Sunday’s video, you can check out the annual parade, and the first-ever PrairieFest bed races. Four teams competed, and the $750 purse was split between two charities: Autism Speaks and Young Life. Enjoy the videos, and start looking forward to next year’s PrairieFest.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Cori Veverka of the Oswegoland Park District wants to thank everyone who lent a hand to this year's PrairieFest.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Over 200 people graciously donated their time to volunteer at PrairieFest this weekend and we cannot thank them enough! This festival is possible because of all of the amazing students, couples, individuals, families, and community groups (like the OEHS National Honor Society, Wheatland Salem Church, and Source Church) who join us each Father’s Day weekend. They sweat the small stuff, so you don’t have to. This sea of volunteers in blue shirts helped you park, shuttled you to your destination, greeted you as you arrived, and cleaned up behind you. They poured your beer, lined up your parade, and kept you on track during your race. They showed up early and stayed late. They worked in the sunshine and they worked in the pouring rain. And …
Kristie Vest, special events coordinator with the Oswegoland Park District, has some thank yous to give out.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
“10 days until PrairieFest, Mom.” These were words out of my son’s mouth on his first day of summer. He had counted down to the last day of school for a month, and a new countdown had begun. For him, PrairieFest is a mark of the seasons, just like the end of school. PrairieFest is woven into the fabric of this town. 28 different events were hosted by 28 different community groups in four days. That number doesn’t include the Boy Scouts selling their hot dogs, the 18 groups on the community booth line, or the 65 parade entries who entertained those along the village streets Sunday. The support from our community businesses allows the festival to have so much entertainment and music free of any admission fees. We are grateful to our …
Check out the first half of our video coverage of PrairieFest 2012. These two videos will show you what happened Thursday and Friday. Check back tomorrow for Saturday's and Sunday's videos.
We’re wrapping up our PrairieFest coverage by taking you to the movies. Today and tomorrow, we’ll release our four documentary videos, capturing the sights and sounds of PrairieFest 2012, the Oswegoland Park District’s massive festival that ran from June 14 to June 17 at PrairieFest Park in Oswego. Today we have the first two, covering Thursday and Friday. In these videos, you can see the opening rocket launch by the Illinois Society of Amateur Rocketry, the rides provided by Windy City Amusements, Miller’s Petting Zoo, the surprise flash mob on Friday, and performances by Wedding Banned and Back Country Roads. Check back tomorrow for our final two videos, bringing our week-long PrairieFest coverage to a close. Thanks for watching!
Jon Metcalf
9:50 am on Sunday, May 5, 2013
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