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    The Wild Bunch

    Apr 13, 2019 4 minutes
    By MARCIA FROELKE COBURN
    Illustration by ALLAN DEAS

    THREE-YEAR-OLDS RUNNING WILD THROUGH THE WOODS. SETTING FIRES. BUILDING stuff out of branches. Rumors were rampant about the Forest Playschool and Fraternal Forest, one an outdoor preschool and the other a weekend adventure camp for elementary schoolers. Both operate year-round in Walking Stick Woods, a 12-acre parcel in the vast Chicago Park District expanse at Pulaski and Peterson known as North Park Village. They close only if there is a severe storm or if the temperature drops below 15 degrees.

    Residents of nearby Hollywood Park wanted answers about what exactly

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