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Derby Lite raises $32,000 at Walk & Roll
Team Derby Lite, of Oak Park, raised more than $32,000 during the American Cancer Society’s 2012 Walk & Roll. The 10-mile skate took place Sunday, April 29, on Chicago’s lakefront. More than 40 members skated in this fifth year Derby Lite has participated. It has …
Boy Scouts to host spaghetti dinner June 3
Elmwood Park Boy Scout Troop 687 will be holding a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at the River Grove Moose Lodge, 8601 Fullerton Ave., River Grove. Cost is $6 in advance; $7 at the door; free to children …
Triton College
Name HIA dining room by May 30 Triton College’s Hospitality Industry Administration Dining Room needs a new name and the college is looking to the community for suggestions. It is conducting a contest to find a name that complements the atmosphere created by the unending pool …
New Vision holds open house June 15
New Vision staff will hold a meet-and-greet open house between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, June 15, at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, 5645 W. Addison, in Chicago, in the seventh floor Conference Room A. A light lunch will be served. New …
Campus News
Samantha Spitzock, of Elmwood Park, graduated with honors May 5 from Dominican University in River Forest. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in computer science. Spitzock also worked as head cashier at Menards in Melrose Park all four years of …
Cycle to Wright’s sites June 9-Sept. 23
Experience Oak Park’s wealth of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings with the “Pedal Oak Park Bike Tour” starting at 9:30 a.m.every Saturday and Sunday beginning Saturday, June 9, through Sunday, Sept. 23. The bike tour includes stops at 22 Wright-designed structures in Oak Park’s famed Frank …
University president named to Lincoln Library board
Dominican University President Donna M. Carroll has been appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to the advisory board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. Carroll will serve as a board member through 2014. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Advisory Board is responsible for …
Fenwick fashion show features Friars and styles
It was a fashion- and fun-filled afternoon at The Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace on April 26 when the Fenwick High School Mothers’ Club hosted its annual spring luncheon and runway show. Sweeten Your Style, the theme of the event, “put a smile on everyone’s …
Luck is a lady at Guerin Prep
More than 40 Guerin Preparatory High School students performed in the musical “Guys and Dolls” March 29-31. The musical comedy about the underworld of gamblers and chorus girls of New York’s Times Square has delighted theater-goers since the 1950s. “It is entertaining because it offers …
Birds and Blooms celebration May 6 at Trailside Museum
Enjoy a special springtime festival, “Birds and Blooms” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 6 at Trailside Museum, 738 Thatcher Ave., in River Forest, celebrating migrating birds and blooming wildflowers. Enjoy bird and wildflower walks, meet live birds and fish, enjoy children’s activities, nature …
Community Briefs
Relay for Life info meeting May 7 The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Elmwood Park/River Grove will hold its next informational meeting at 7 p.m. May 7 at the Elmwood Park Library’s Ferrentino Room, 1 Conti Parkway. Volunteers are needed to organize and recruit …
RSVP for pancakes
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at Triton College hosted its annual Pancake Breakfast on March 31. …
Franklin Park Library gives away prom dresses
The Franklin Park Public Library is closed for renovations until May 1, but on Saturday, 15 teenage girls lined up outside its doors just before 9 a.m. anyway. Girls with their dads. Girls with their moms and grandmoms. Girls with their girlfriends. All waiting to …
Cook County Board now streams live
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Clerk David Orr, and the League of Women Voters of Cook County held a press conference April 16 to announce new transparency measures for the Cook County Board. The measures are aimed at making it easier for …
Community events: Free legal advice April 28 by phone
Free legal advice April 28 by phone The Chicago BarAssociation Lawyer Referral Service and the Illinois State Bar Association will host a special Law Week “Call-A-Lawyer” program from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Volunteer attorneys will give free legal advice over the phone …
‘Anything Goes’ April 20-22 at Fenwick
The Fenwick High School Black Friars Guild will present Cole Porter’s classic musical comedy at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in the Fenwick auditorium, 505 Washington Blvd., Oak Park.
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