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8 Crestwood Adviser April 2020 Number 517 The Crestwood Public Library will be CLOSED until further notice. Please check our website and Facebook page for updates www.crestwoodlibrary.org In accordance with state and local guidelines, the Crestwood Public Library will remain closed until further notice in order to assist in the preventative measures of minimizing the spread of Covid-19. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding at this time. Be sure to stay safe, practice good hygiene and hand washing, and seek medical attention if needed. Here are ways you can still use your Crestwood Public Library during this time. We invite you to use our e-services by checking out Media On Demand, e-Read Illinois and RBDigital for your e-book, audio book, and magazine needs. Our two Free Little Libraries, located at Walker Park and Playfield Park, are stocked with both children's and adult books, feel free to take a book to read.You may leave a book for others if you wish, but please do not put library books in there. Our electronic databases are also available for your research or home school needs for our library card holders. Check our Facebook Page for ideas to do at home with your families. Our book drop is open for returns. We hope to see you all soon and happy reading! Celebrating a Different Sort of Easter in 2020 Despite what side you are on politically, what religion you are or what Easter means to, chances are your Easter festivities may be a little different this year. With the current Nationwide Epidemic in progress and the unknown of the lift on the Statewide Shelter in Place order, many don’t know how to plan their celebrations. Let us not forget what Easter stands for. In many ways, Americans celebrate Easter the same way as Europeans do. The Easter bunny and the Easter egg hunt play an important role, especially for the children. For Christians, the Easter Sunday service at the church is also very important. Usually, children get sweets from the Easter bunny and just like in Germany, kids in the U.S. have to find the painted Easter eggs that are hidden inside or outside the house. When all of the Easter eggs have been found and collected, the game “Easter Egg Roll” is played by some, which is widespread in the U.S. The children lay the egg on a hill and the first one to arrive at the bottom wins. The day generally ends with a cozy get-together with the family. Cherished traditions are what keep a family together. Easter is a wonderful time to celebrate family, create lifelong memories, and build on those traditions. Here are some fun ways for your family to start or carry on some special family times for years to come. This year you might not be able to be with everyone, you would like to, however utilize FaceTime, Zoom, etc., to keep connected and enjoy these activities. 1. Plant an Easter Garden It’s no secret that Easter ushers in the arrival of spring. Brighten your yard with an array of blooming plants. Consider pansies, tulips, marigolds, and petunias. 2. Egg Time Machine Have your kid write a letter to him or herself that can be placed inside a plastic egg to open next year on Easter. Your child can read about what they were thinking and doing when they were a year younger. It’s a fun way to read how they have grown in a year. Fun for mom and dad, or grandma and grandpa as well. 3. Decorate an Easter Egg Tree Make a trip to the craft store and purchase some foam or plastic eggs and decorations. This is a fun activity and lets the kids get creative. Attach a matching colored ribbon to each egg and hang from a live or artificial tree. 4. Journey to Easter through Scripture Easter is a deeply religious holiday for many, packed with significance in the resurrection of Christ. Research related scripture that can be shared throughout the weeks leading up to the holiday that tell the story of Easter. 5. Gather Round the Table Many families have a big Easter brunch or dinner, often featuring ham as the main course. Coming together over a grand meal provides families a time for fun, food, and fellowship. Inviting extended family members will bring generations together. AGAIN, THIS YEAR, IF YOU HAVE TO FACETIME OR SKYPE, PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING IF NEED BE! 6. Baking, and More Baking Put an apron on and break out the mixing bowls! Bunny, chick or egg-shaped cookies are perfect shapes to bake and decorate for this holiday. Feeling ambitious? Try an annual bunny shaped cake decorated with icing, coconut, and candies. Go traditional and serve hot cross buns on Good Friday; they fill the kitchen with spicy, sweet, and fruity aromas. 7. Decorate Easter Eggs A tried and true tradition! Dipping eggs in a brightly colored dye and watching it take hold is a delightful experience for kids of all ages. Decorate with glitter, paint, and stickers and use them to decorate the house or Easter baskets. If you want to up the ante, plan an Easter egg decorating competition, complete with prizes, in your neighborhood! 8. Egg Relay Race After the fun of decorating Easter eggs, give them a second act by using them as the focal point in an egg relay race. Divide participants up into teams. Give every team a hard-boiled egg and a spoon. Blow the whistle and the players balance an egg on the spoon while walking or running to a given point and back and then hand off to the next team member. The first team to finish wins the game. 9. Shell Crack Game Here’s a great Easter game to play year after year! This time each person gets his own hardboiled Easter egg and pairs up with one other participant. The contest is to have each pair smash the small ends of their eggs together. The person with the unbroken shell advances to the next round where they pair up and do it again. The one who has the last uncracked egg wins. 10. Easter Basket Scavenger Hunt Instead of just placing the Easter Basket out on Easter morning, add a fun twist with a scavenger hunt! For little ones, draw a map with picture clues. For older children, use written clues. For active ones, let them hop to it by placing an Easter Bunny footprint trail on the floor that will lead them to their basket. 11. Plant a Jelly Bean Garden Plant a handful of jellybeans in the dirt outside the night before. Replace each one with a lollipop while the little ones sleep. In the morning, eyes will grow wide as they see each jellybean has grown into a magical lollipop treat! 12. Easter Basket Puzzle Hunt Start with a white, blank puzzle (you can buy one at a craft store) with pieces small enough to fit inside plastic eggs. With the puzzle still together, write a message about where their Easter basket is hidden. Then, break up the pieces and divide between the eggs. After all the eggs are found, the children will have to put the puzzle together to find the location of their Easter basket. 13. Resurrection Eggs Explain the Resurrection story in an interactive way to your children by using 12 numbered colorful plastic eggs. Each egg contains a small object that tells a part of the story of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. Use items such as donkey, money, and sword. Hide the 12 eggs in your home or yard. Once your children have found all the eggs, gather everyone around, and open the eggs in numbered order as you read about the Resurrection story. With these fun ideas, your family will have many meaningful traditions to look forward to each year. Enjoy the season! Happy Easter to All!
April 2020 Number 517 Crestwood Adviser 9 Spring Trout Fishing Season Opens April 4th With concerns over social distancing and COVID-19 a priority, outdoor activities in the park system are a reasonably safe choice, as they allow for plenty of social distancing from other people. With that in mind, the 2020 Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season will open Saturday, April 4th at 57 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state. Two traditional spring trout fishing locations are closed this year. The Waddams Creek site at Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreational Area and Manners Park Pond in Taylorville will be temporarily removed from stocking for site maintenance purposes. The Illinois Catchable Trout Program is funded by those who use the program through the sale of Inland Trout Stamps. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) stocks more than 80,000 rainbow trout in bodies of water where trout fishing is permitted during the spring season. An additional 80,000 trout will be stocked for the fall trout fishing season, which begins in October. For the 2020 spring trout season, no trout may be taken from any of the stocked sites until the season opens at 5:00am April 4th. Anyone attempting to harvest trout before the legal harvest season opening will be issued citations. All anglers — including those who intend to release fish caught before April 4 — must have a fishing license and an Inland Trout Stamp, unless they are under the age of 16, blind or disabled, or are an Illinois resident on leave from active duty in the Armed Forces. The daily catch limit for each angler is five trout. Cook County Forest Preserves Remain Open With new limits in Illinois on out-of-home activities as a measure against the spread of COVID-19, I want to let you know that the Forest Preserves of Cook County remain open as an option for fresh air, exercise and access to nature. When Governor Pritzker announced the executive order last Friday, he was clear that the new guidelines still allow people to get out and run, hike or walk the dog. And Illinois’ executive order has specific provisions to keep outdoor recreation areas accessible to the public. It makes sense. As health clubs and gyms close, trails and open fields remain a place to run, bike and walk. Simply being out in nature has been shown to lower stress, improve mental health and have positive effects on our physical health and wellness. That’s always been an important aspect of what the preserves offers all of us, and as we get through this uncertain time, it’s truer than ever. At the Forest Preserves, we have made adjustments to protect against COVID-19. Not every site remains open. We have closed indoor locations and sites where it is not really possible to follow social distancing and other public health guidelines. And we have cancelled all public events, volunteer activities and permitted events through May 11. We have made employee modifications, as well. Those who can are working from home. For the essential services we must continue in the field, including public safety, sanitation and essential building maintenance, we have established specific work rules to protect our employees from exposure to COVID-19, and we will stay abreast of best practices. I ask you to follow new rules in the preserves, too. That includes keeping apart from other people, washing your hands before and after your visit, and more. Before you arrive at the preserves, please review our full set of COVID-19 recommendations at fpdcc.com/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-eventslocations-precautions. The health and safety of our visitors and staff is (Above Photo) Trout fishing season will open statewide Saturday, April 4th at 57 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state. Illinois 2020 fishing licenses and Inland Trout Stamps are available now at DNR Direct license and permit locations, including many bait shops, sporting goods stores and other retail outlets. At this time, however, it is recommended to purchase licenses and trout stamps via DNR Direct online at the IDNR website at https://www2.illinois.gov/ dnr/LPR/Pages/default.aspx, or by calling DNR Direct toll-free at 1-888-6PERMIT (1-888-673- 7648). For more information about all site regulations, anglers should contact individual sites that will be stocked with catchable-size trout. Not all sites open at 5:00am on opening day. Anglers are reminded to check the opening time of their favorite sites prior to the opening date. always our first priority in the Forest Preserves. To keep preserves open, it’s crucial that they are not a pathway to spreading this virus. We will continue to monitor the conditions at our sites and the recommendations of public health agencies. We will expand our COVID-19 closures if that becomes the best course of action — please keep up with the latest information on our website and via social media. For more than 100 years, our mission has been to protect and preserve natural open space for the education and enjoyment of the public. During today’s trying circumstances, I hope that the Forest Preserves can be a resource for you and your family — to go look for wildlife, take out a canoe on the river, feel the sun on your face in a prairie, go fishing along a lakeshore, or whatever you find restores your body and spirit. Be well and be safe, Arnold Randall General Superintendent Forest Preserves of Cook County ‘Crestwood Adviser’ Great Way to Reach Local Customers The Village of Crestwood wants local business owners to know that the Crestwood Adviser, in addition to being a great way to stay in touch with what’s happening in your community, is also one of the most cost-effective ways to reach your local customer base. By advertising in the Crestwood Adviser, your ad reaches the entire Crestwood population, and at a fraction of the cost of what a direct mail piece would cost in postage alone. Better still, the Crestwood Adviser is read and left for others to read, which is more than we can say for most direct mail advertisements, the overwhelming majority of which end up going straight in the trash or recycling bin. To inquire about advertising rates in the Crestwood Adviser, please call (708) 293-1430 or email info@crestwoodadviser.com.
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