Family Updates Condition Of Girl Injured At Dells Park

JeremyWdowicki — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:58:39 +0000

The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was severely injured at a Wisconsin Dells amusement park gave an update Thursday on her daughter’s condition.

The girl, Teagan Marti, fell about 100 feet to the ground during an amusement park ride. She had been treated at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison since she fell July 30 from the Terminal Velocity ride at the Extreme World amusement park.On Wednesday, the girl was transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami to be closer to her home in Parkland, Fla.The Marti family held a news conference Thursday saying they are happy to be home. The girl’s mother, Julie Marti, spoke to the media at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Teagan is in the intensive care unit.

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‘Penguin Encounters’ Area Brings Patrons Up Close And Personal

JeremyWdowicki — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:57:10 +0000

When you go to the Shedd Aquarium, do you ever find it frustrating that you can’t pet the cute little penguins?

Well, now you can.

The Shedd is opening a new 30-mijute ”penguin encounters” area in the Oceanarium. Penguins will waddle up to meet visitors, who can touch the bird’s feathers.

A trainer will also be on hand with some interesting facts about the penguin population at the Shedd.

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Zippin Pippin

Scott Heck — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:19:15 +0000

We have given the Zippin Pippin it’s own page!!

Click Here for all the latest information and

construction pictures of it’s progress.

Parkland girl injured in 100-foot fall heads back to Florida

JeremyWdowicki — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:02:48 +0000

A month after a terrifying 100-foot fall more than a thousand miles from home, Teagan Marti will celebrate her 13th birthday in South Florida.

The Parkland girl and her family arrived at Miami International Airport on a private flight from Madison, Wisc., that landed about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. From there, she was driven by ambulance to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, her family attorney Stuart Grossman said. On July 30, Marti suffered injuries from an amusement park ride that could leave her paralyzed.

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ACE Fright Fest at Six Flags

Scott Heck — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:53:03 +0000

The flier is now available for our up coming Fright Fest event at Six Flags Great America. Come on out and have a Frightful time with some fun ERT on Superman and Batman, A behind the scenes tour of the park and back by popular demand the ACE WGLR Scavenger Hunt.

Click here for more information and the Flier

New for 2011 at Six Flags Great America – Riptide Bay

JeremyWdowicki — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:16:59 +0000

Six Flags Great America announced the New for 2011 attractions on Facebook. It will be 130,000 square foot expansion of the Hurricane Harbor waterpark. They announced that it will include a near vertical waterslide, a double sided surf simulator, an activity pool and more.

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Santa’s Village returns to it’s roots

JeremyWdowicki — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:06:07 +0000

When Jason Sierpien worked his first job as a farmhand in Old McDonald’s Farm at Santa’s Village, it was the last of the “three worlds of fun” that the amusement park added.

It also usually was the last to get funding and support, he remembered.

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KICK’S FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, 2744 S. Sixth St., has gone out of business.

JeremyWdowicki — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:35:06 +0000

The entertainment center, which had a restaurant, arcade games and a go-cart track, had closed for one month last September, but reopened with some changes in October.

Located in the former Furrow Building Material building, it first opened in late 2006.

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For Parkland girl, a thrill, a tragedy, a long road to recovery

JeremyWdowicki — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:33:30 +0000

Inside the hospital room, Julie Marti looks for the small signs that her 12-year-old daughter will heal. The squeeze of her hand. The mouthing of the alphabet. A wiggle of a toe.

Maybe today, the mother dreams, her dear Teagan will once again to be able to sit up on her own. Or that doctors will remove the imposing metallic halo around her head, and the family could finally fly home to Parkland.

They linger 1,500 miles away at an American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., about an hour away from the amusement park ride that forced them there. For months, Teagan had eagerly anticipated riding Terminal Velocity, a death-defying ride where she would free-fall from 140 feet and be caught by an elevated safety net.

Teagan fell freely, but the net never elevated. She crashed into the ground, blood spilling from her skull. As Teagan lay motionless, most were certain her life was over.

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Santa’s Village property to become the Azoosment Park at Santa’s Village

JeremyWdowicki — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:06:42 +0000

Jason Sierpien, a co-owner of A Zoo to You – a Marengo-based mobile petting zoo – will open The Azoosment Park at Santa’s Village. The petting zoo, which will feature barnyard animals, reptiles and exotic animals, is expected to open within the next month.

“The place has such a huge name recognition and we originally wanted to reopen the barnyard area,” said Sierpien, who co-owns the petting zoo with his wife, Amy. “But it has just taken off and now we have seven acres with some kiddie rides and concessions. It is going to be an amusement parklike atmosphere.”

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