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The Naperville Park District is hosting an open house for residents from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson Ave., Naperville, to present various projects that are planned for 2010-2011.

The projects will include: Columbia Commons playground renovation; Eagle Park bridge replacement; East Greens Park basketball court, parking lot renovation; Kroehler Park playground renovation; Pembroke Park: Ball field renovation; Springhill Greenway playground development; West Greens playground renovation; White Eagle Park playground renovation; Willowgate Square playground renovation; Wil-O-Way Park playground renovation.

Visit www.napervilleparks.org .

Bob Schillerstrom was the runaway winner of the Milton Township GOP Organization 2010 Straw Poll for Governor on Oct. 30, winning more than 50 percent of the vote in a field of seven candidates and solidifying suburban support in a region with more than 118,000 residents and 25,000 Republican voters.

The victory by Schillerstrom follows endorsements from eight of the nine DuPage County Township Republican Organization chairmen and 60 of the county's 72 township government officials.

Given a population of nearly 1 million residents and a strong Republican tradition, DuPage County is seen as a must-win for GOP candidates running for statewide office. In fact, Milton Township alone is home to 118,000 residents and is larger than 87 of 102 Illinois counties.