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New Oswegoland Park District director to hold meet-and-greet · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: New Oswegol Land Park District director to hold meet and
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  greet Written by Eric Shelkoff, This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Area
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  residents will have the chance to meet new Oswegoland Park
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  District Executive Director Chad Feldado on Thursday. The event will
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  take place from from three to five pm Thursday at
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  the Grove Administration Amp Operations Center at three two twenty
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  Grove Road in Oswego. At the January fifteenth Park Board meeting,
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  commissioners unanimously approved a three year contract for Feldado. The
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  longtime Oswego Land Park District employee, started in his new
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  position on January fifth. Feldado started with the Oswego Land
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  Park District in two thousand and six this park planner.
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  Before being named executive director, he served as the district's
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  Director of Parks and Planning Dto replaces former executive director
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  Tom Bettsinger, who was charged last July with allegedly attempting
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  to run over a person with his pickup truck in
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  Yorkville and driving under the influence of alcohol. Bettsinger resigned
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  from his post. A motive is not known, and the
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  victim was not injured. The park District serves more than
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  sixty six thousand people, including all of us Weigo, parts
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  of Montgomery, Aurora and Plainfield, and all of Boulder Hill.
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  Last year marked the park district's seventy fifth anniversary. The
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  park district was established by referendum in April nineteen fifty.
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  Feldatta was among six candidates interviewed for the post. Oswegol
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  And Park Board President Day Baron said Feldado stood out
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  among the candidates. You can't disregard his knowledge and his
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  dedication to this community. He said. We had some very
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  strong candidates, so it was nice that he came out
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  on top out of a very strong candidate pool. It
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  wasn't an easy decision because they were all strong