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(The Center Square) – Parents Defending Education filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education accusing Community Unit School District 308 in Oswego, Illinois, of ...
The zoo was started when a circus lion cub ended up on James T. Miller's farm around 1900, and was eventually given to the city of Bloomington. [3] The lion, later named "Big Jim", died on March 26, 1912. After Big Jim's death, funds were raised to construct the Koetthoefer Animal Building by Bloomington architect Arthur L. Pillsbury.
The Bloomington Parks & Recreation Department is composed of four divisions: Parks, Recreation, Golf, and the Miller Park Zoo. The department maintains over 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) of land including 44 park sites and three golf courses. [49]
Voters backed establishment of Miller Park in 1887 - Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois newspaper) Miller Park Collection , McLean County Museum of History 40°28′04″N 89°00′17″W / 40.46778°N 89.00472°W / 40.46778; -89
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The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), also known as Board of Parks and Recreation or Park Board, is used by many government bodies to describe the parts of their organizations that oversee public parks and recreational public works.
By 1920, inspectors from the University of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Education were dissatisfied with the high school facilities at St. Mary's School. [ 7 ] : 207 With the student body growing, [ 32 ] land for a separate high school building next to Holy Trinity Church at 712 North Center Street [ 33 ] was purchased from the ...