It’s Time to Sign Up for Soccer

Darien Youth Club is accepting online registration for its outdoor program through July 29.

Online registration is available through July 29 for the Darien Youth Club’s outdoor soccer program, which runs from Aug. 20 through Oct. 27. Fees are $95 for children in kindergarten and first grade and $110 for players in second- through eighth-grades. Families will pay a $300 maximum fee if more than one child is signed up. Families can register at bockyn.com/bockyn/showPrograms.php?oid=dyc. Children’s profiles should reflect the grade they will enter in the fall. Coaches for boys and girls divisions one, two and three will contact players in mid-August. Instructional coaches will contact their players in late August, with a planned starting date of Tuesday, Sept. 4. Children who sign up for the outdoor league will be eligible to …

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Darien Mustang Blue All-Stars Defeat Woodridge All-Stars

Game played at Eisenhower Junior High July 2.

The Darien Youth Club 9-10-year-old Mustang Blue All-Stars defeated the Woodridge All-Stars 12-5 at Eisenhower Junior High in Darien July 2.  Coach Vince Raso said the key to the win was that the team’s pitching was really good. Darien used seven different pitchers during the game. The Darien Blue All-Stars defeated the Darien Red All-Stars the previous Friday to advance to the game against Woodridge.

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Darien Builder Makes Everything Old New Again

Bayern Builders brings homes up-to-date

Joe Wasler always knew he wanted to work with his hands. He planned to be a machinist as his dad had been. After graduating from Hinsdale South High School, Wasler enrolled at College of DuPage. He studied the trades, including drafting and welding, learning to run lathes. While at COD, Wasler worked for two different fuel-injection pump companies. He thought his career was set and left school. But several years of that type of work showed him that it was not what he wanted to do with his life. “I’m not the type of person who likes to stand around and watch metal being cut,” he explained. “I’m not the type of person who likes to sit at a desk and build pumps.” A friend asked Wasler to help him construct a kitchen. Wasler did, and he was …

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Local Youth Organizations Seeking Volunteers, Participants

Sports groups hold their own despite challenges.

Darien youth sports organizations are proving they can hold their own despite the many options available to kids these days. While enrollment at the Darien Youth Club has waned slightly in the past few years, the club still boasts about 1,000 youth participants. DYC officials said their biggest concern is getting volunteers. “That’s a huge problem we face,” said Jamie Kuhlman, club president. “A lot of our volunteers have been with the program 10-plus years and their kids move on.” In 2010, the Darien Youth Club celebrated a half century of service to the community's children. DYC is a nonprofit organization that operates boys and girls recreational leagues for a variety of sports, such as baseball, basketball, soccer and volleyball. …

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Kids and Parents Make a Splash During Darien Youth Club Bash

About 600 children and adults attended this year's Darien Youth Club Annual Picnic at Cypress Cove Family Aquatic Park

Darien Youth Club members splashed the night away under a moonlit sky Saturday at Cypress Cove Family Aquatic Park in Woodridge.  The showing was strong with about 600 adults and children in attendance at the DYC Annual Picnic. As a giant bucket of water dumped on his head, 9-year-old Dylan Chen, DYC soccer and basketball player said, “I love everything about this night!”   In recent years, the picnic has been held as an evening splash bash at Cypress Cove. DYC rents the water park from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. for its members’ exclusive use. Previously, DYC had hosted a traditional picnic at Darien Community Park. The amount of work and volunteers needed to manage the picnic was formidable, but the Cypress Cove event has been a big hit with …

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David

6:26 pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Darien Youth Club is a non-for profit organization and is run by parent volunteers. The Darien Youth Club's primary purpose and reason for existence is to provide wholesome activities and entertainment for the youth of the area that are in keeping with the interest and desires of the members of the Club and residents of the area. All programs within the Darien Youth Club are to run on an …   more ›