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Thayer J. Hill Middle School

Middle schools in Illinois

Thayer J. Hill Middle School is a middle school located on Brookdale Road in Naperville, Illinois, a western Suburb of Chicago, Illinois in DuPage County. Hill Middle School is one of the seven middle schools that Indian Prairie School District 204 manages. May Watts Elementary School, Cowlishaw Elementary School, and Brookdale Elementary School feed into Hill. Hill Middle School, along with Still and Granger Middle Schools, feed into Metea Valley High School, one of the three high schools District #204 manages.

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Thayer J. Hill Middle School
Langley Circle, Naperville

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Langley Circle
60563 Naperville
Illinois, United States
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McDowell Grove Forest Preserve

McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930. This original tract consisted of about 62 acres adjoining the West Branch of the DuPage River. McDowell Grove was home to a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp from 1934 to 1943. During that time the camp housed two CCC companies: Co. 2612 from 1934 to 1937 and later Co V-1668, which had previously been located at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve. Workers from Camp McDowell completed numerous preserve improvements at McDowell, including dredging a lagoon, building several bridges, construction of a shelter and picnic area and building a limestone dam on the West Branch. At any one time, the camp housed about 200 men. The camp had military style barracks for housing of the 3,800 men who lived and worked in the camp during the five-year period.Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army Signal Corps' Sixth Service Command took over the old Civilian Conservation Corps camp and used it as a facility for training students in the use and maintenance of radar technology. These trainees were civilian students who were part of the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program. Under this program, civilian students received training at colleges in Chicago and received training on actual radar equipment at McDowell Grove. Over the years, local lore has developed about the radar school being a top secret facility, although more recent research has revealed that the activities there may not have been so secret. However, after the closure of the radar school in 1943, the camp was occupied by the Office of Strategic Services as a temporary communications school. This presence does not seem to have been widely known and the OSS may have operated their school under the guise of the continuation of the earlier Radar School. At McDowell, OSS recruits received training in sending and receiving coded messages using field radios. Following the war, the land reverted to the forest preserve district and most of the buildings were sold off. Additional parcels of land were eventually added to the preserve. Visitors to the preserve will find open space, hiking trails, picnic sites, fishing and other recreational opportunities. All of the CCC bridges have been removed over the years, but some of the bridge abutments remain. The dam was removed by the forest preserve district as part of a river restoration, and this removal eliminated the lagoon that was once north of the CCC picnic shelter. This lagoon is now a restored wetland habitat. Paddlers can access the West Branch of the DuPage River near the Fawell Dam at the south end of the preserve. They can reach the put-in and take-out sites via a gravel access road off Raymond Drive. A new access bridge for McDowell Grove was constructed in 2018.

Westridge Court

Westridge Court is a large shopping center in Naperville, Illinois that opened in 1990. It features nearly 30 stores, including Buy Buy Baby, Petco, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Prior to the Linens N Things/Savers, Old Navy, and Marshalls, there was a Kmart located on property. Arby's, Chili's, and Portillo's were built in 1991. Carson's Furniture Gallery, Homemakers and Circuit City opened in 1992. Taco Bell opened in 1993. The Kmart closed in October 1998 due to a relocation of the store to the former Venture building at 510 South Route 59 (which closed in 2000 due to failing sales and being part of 72 stores scheduled to close in November). in 2004, Michaels opened across the street from the shopping center on Aurora Avenue. in 2005, Homemakers closed its Naperville Location. in 2006, Cub Foods closed all of its Chicago area locations and in 2007, CompUSA closed its Naperville store. DSW moved to Springbrook Prairie Pavilion in 2008. in 2009, Hollywood Palms Cinema opened while Circuit City and Linens N Things closed all locations after both companies filed for bankruptcy. In 2011, HHGregg opened in the former Circuit City location. That same year, Borders closed all stores and an Old Country Buffett on site closed. In 2012, Gordmans opened in the former Cub Foods Location. In April of that same year, Buy Buy Baby opened in the former CompUSA Location.On January 16, 2013, Turk Furniture opened in the former DSW. Around this time Big Lots moved from Iroquois Center on the other side of Naperville. In 2014, 2nd & Charles opened in the former Borders Location. In 2015, Carson's Furniture Gallery was converted into Art Van Furniture. Savers and Shoe Carnival closed around 2016. In 2017, Gordmans and HHGregg closed as part of bankruptcy. Spirit Halloween opened in the former HHGregg.Funtopia opened in Summer 2018. Turk Furniture closed, and Furniture Resource + Rugs opened.Construction began on the former site of Shoe Carnival, to make way for World Market at the end of 2018. 2nd and Charles closed on January 6. 2019. Marshalls moved to High Grove Plaza in the former Golf Galaxy during the summer of 2019. In 2020, Bed Bath & Beyond moved from Fox Valley Commons into the former the 2nd & Charles location. That same year, it was announced Art Van Furniture would close all of its stores. Edge Fitness announced it would open in the former Gordmans. Old Navy moved to Springbrook Prairie Pavilion around October 2020.