AM 1240 WJON » quarry park and nature preserve http://wjon.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:38:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Quarry Park Gives Demonstration Of Derrick [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/quarry-park-gives-demonstration-of-derrick-video/ http://wjon.com/quarry-park-gives-demonstration-of-derrick-video/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:34:19 +0000 Alex Svejkovsky http://wjon.com/?p=195643 Quarry Park and Nature Preserve gave the public a rare opportunity to see its 100-year-old wooden Liberty Derrick. The Derrick was put into use as part of the Waite Park's Spas Tag Festival.

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]]> http://wjon.com/quarry-park-gives-demonstration-of-derrick-video/feed/ 0 Wooden Liberty Derrick gives demonstration (Photo: Alex Svejkovsky, WJON News) Stearns County Parks Director Retiring [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/stearns-county-parks-director-retiring-audio/ http://wjon.com/stearns-county-parks-director-retiring-audio/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:07:48 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=156782 After nearly 38 years of developing parks and trails for Stearns County, Parks Director Chuck Wocken is calling it a career. Wocken will retire in February.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-county-parks-director-retiring-audio/feed/ 0 Watch The Quarry Park Derrick In Action On Sunday http://wjon.com/watch-the-quarry-park-derrick-in-action-on-sunday/ http://wjon.com/watch-the-quarry-park-derrick-in-action-on-sunday/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:44 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=17334 The 100-year old wooden Liberty Derrick will be will be on display this Sunday at the Quarry Park and Nature Preserve. You can watch the demonstrations at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. You'll also be able to check out the operation shack and talk to the staff.

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]]> http://wjon.com/watch-the-quarry-park-derrick-in-action-on-sunday/feed/ 0 Liberty Derrick (Stearns County) Prescribed Burn Scheduled For Quarry Park http://wjon.com/prescribed-burn-scheduled-for-quarry-park/ http://wjon.com/prescribed-burn-scheduled-for-quarry-park/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 19:40:43 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=14096 If you see smoke coming from Stearns County Quarry Park and Nature Preserve in the coming weeks, don't be alarmed. The Stearns County Parks Department wants to alert you to a prescribed burn that will take place to restore 20 acres of the park back to its natural prairie land.

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