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Austin Pantry appeals closure
The owners of the Austin Food Pantry are appealing a decision by the Village of Oak Park to close their corner store in September as a result of an employee being arrested on 17 counts of heroin sales and possession at the establishment. The Oak Park Board of Trustees will establish a hearing board to consider the owners' arguments – at some future date – and then make a legally binding determination. The case centers around the arrest of Edgar Lucas, 55, on Aug. 30.
Letter threatening homecoming 'violence' sent to OPRF
Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 officials are on alert after receiving an "anonymous letter via regular mail threatening violence during tomorrow's homecoming dance." District 200 officials sent out robocalls to OPRF families on late Friday afternoon disclosing receipt of the threatening letter. According to the call, the letter "did not mention race and we have no indication that this threat is connected to events surrounding" racially insensitive social media posts.
Bob Sherrell's Story #8
"When I first met Kathleen," he recalled, "she was petitioning to leave the convent and was an activist in Cabrini Green, a public housing project with a bad reputation. I was just coming out of a really bad marriage and bad religious experiences. There is a quality about Kathleen. She's not naïve. She's kind. That's probably her most dominant characteristic." They got married at St. Dominics Church in Cabrini Green in 1972. The all black choir sang gospel songs.
Two books plugged, one by an Oak Parker about Oak Park
1984 book for the ages. Brilliant explication for, say, willing undergraduate-level reader like me, using old and new, familiar and not familiar poems. Please, for your sake, find and borrow or buy this 260-pager p.b. which fits (barely) in my saddlebag (cargo pants) pocket. More later, I hope, about this book, but I have made that more-later promise and broken it so often, I am almost (not quite) ashamed to say it again . . . While I'm at about books to read, a plug for fellow Wed.
River Forest District 90 hires assistant principal
David Davis was hired as assistant principal for District 90's two elementary schools, Willard and Lincoln, on June 19. The River Forest Elementary School District 90 Board of Education hired David Davis as assistant principal for its two elementary schools, Willard and Lincoln, at its June 19 meeting. This is a new position with administrative duties at two of the district's three schools. Davis will start July 5 at an annual salary of $98,500.
Victim parking car robbed at gunpoint in Oak Park
Two men robbed a female motorist at gunpoint in the 500 block of North Cuyler Avenue at 7:51 p.m. on June 20, as she parked her vehicle, Oak Park police have reported. The victim, whose age was not given in the police report, was sitting in her vehicle when one of the men reportedly pointed a silver gun at her and said, "Do no scream, just give me the money." He then took the victim's black North Face purse, which contained an iPhone 7 and $20, according to police. The estimated loss is $570.
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