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Audrey Becker and Anya Chojnowski wrap strings of lights around the base of a tree in the Uptown Library Campus area of Park Ridge on Nov. 15, 2014. i PHOTOS BY GEORGE ED WARDSON/FDR PIONEER PRESS NEWSPAPERS Volunteers lightupPark Ridge library grounds for holidays JENNIFER JOHNSON Eric Dai (right) and Greg Grenier work on getting lights set up high in the library [email protected]@jen_pioneer courlyard. with Park Ridge's Holiday Lights Coalition Volunteersgathered on the grounds of the Park Ridge Library last weekend to cover trees with white lights in preparation for the Christmas season. Using poles to string lights as close to the tops of trees as pos- sible, children worked alongside adults on ladders Nov. 15 to deco- rate dozens of trees on the library Will Eisan gets help from his mother, Jen, Emily Wood-Smith and Mike Jawgiel use property, as