Snow Brings Sledders to Willow Stream Park
"Anxious" kids hit the slopes on sleds, snowboards.
The real arrival of winter in Buffalo Grove, heralded by six inches of snow and single digit temperatures, made Willow Stream Park's sled hill a popular hangout this weekend. About a dozen children, many of them bundled in heavy coats, hats and scarves, along with their parents, braved 20-degree temperatures and cloudy skies Saturday morning to get the true taste of winter 2012. They raced down the hill on plastic sled and snowboards, squealing in delight as they either made it safely down the hill or ended up in a heap at the bottom. “They’ve been waiting to get out into the snow,” said Jeff Pease of Buffalo Grove, as his daughter Elli, 8, son Jarrett, 11 and his friend, Timmy Spaeth, also 11, rode snowboards and a plastic sled. “They …
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