Residents begin campaigns to save Kickapoo State Park
By Pam G. Dempsey
Thursday September 4, 2008
Rick Danzl
Danae Engelbrecht of California pulls a kayak from Clear Pond at Kickapoo State Park near Danville on Wednesday. She was in the area visiting family members in Champaign.
DANVILLE – The governor's plan to close Kickapoo State Park this year has sparked a groundswell of protests among area residents and visitors alike – including one from an 11-year-old girl.
Ryce Tuggle, a sixth-grade student at Oakwood Elementary School, is one of several hundred people fighting to keep the state park open and has planned an informational picket and walk for Saturday to raise support.
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