🌱 BP Shooting Suspects Arrested + Oak Park Artist Honors Takeout 25

Good morning! Let's get to the Saturday edition of the Oak Park-River Forest Daily.

First, today's weather: A t-storm around in the p.m. High: 83 Low: 72.

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Here are the top 4 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting death of an 18 year old at an Oak Park gas station earlier this summer. Siblings Kenneth Elliot, 21, and Adrianna Vanzant, 17, are charged with killing OPRF graduate Jailyn Logan-Bledsoe at the BP on 100 Chicago Ave. (WGN)

2. The Village of Oak Park is seeking volunteers to administer shots at pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinics. “Anyone with pediatric vaccine experience or experience caring for or entertaining young children is encouraged to volunteer,” Village officials wrote via social media. (VOP)

3. Oak Park artist Cody Norman created a new art installation for Chicago Botanic Gardens. The sculpture made of to-go containers was inspired by the Takeout 25 program. (AWN)

4. An Ernest Hemingway artifact is now on display at Oak Park Public Library, a week ahead of the hometown author’s birthday. His ticket stub from a 1918 White Sox game at Yankee Stadium is available to view in the library’s special collections. (Library)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Stop by the Oak Park Farmers Market. Today’s market includes a bake sale, the Plastic Free July tent and the COVID-19 test mobile response van. (7 a.m.)
• Check out the Children’s Nature Story Trail at Trailside Museum. (9 a.m.)
• Make bead bottles (1o a.m.) or 3D paintings (noon) at Dole Center.
• Take a Wellness Walk in Thatcher Woods. (1 p.m.)
• Ascension-St. Edmund Catholic Church hosts a food drive. (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Oak Park Police Department is offering tips to protect your vehicle from the recent surge in catalytic converter thefts. (VOP)
• District 97’s new superintendent is looking ahead to her first school year in the role, she told Wednesday Journal. Oak Park is a “place that I have connections to in both personal, as well as philosophical ways, so I’m really excited to be here,” Dr. Ushma Shah said. (Wednesday Journal)
• Three Oak Park and River Forest High School students were awarded $4,000 to invest in their digital memorial service Ripple. (Wednesday Journal)
• Forest Park will allocate funds to make “long overdue” repairs to the roof of the fire station at 7637 Wilcox St. (Forest Park Review)
• Save the date: A “Super Seniors” event will be held July 18 at the River Forest Community Center. (Patch)

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You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow for another Daily.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.