🌱 Fenwick Sisters Make State + Booster Clinic + Classic Cinemas

Happy Sunday, Oak Park and River Forest readers. Welcome to the Daily for Oct. 10, 2021.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny and very warm. High: 81, low: 70.

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

1. If you missed the community feedback meeting hosted by Oak Park Catholic parishes on Oct. 4, an online recording is available to stream. More than 100 people attended the event in person and online to discuss the Renew My Church process and future of the community’s churches. (St. Giles)

2. The Oak Park Department of Public Health will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic Oct. 12 at Central Fire Station. Eligible residents must present their Pfizer vaccine card to get a booster shot at this event; first doses will also be administered. (VOP)

3. Two Fenwick High School golfers competed this weekend at the IHSA Class 2A girls state finals at Hickory Point Golf Course in Forsyth. Sisters Lillian Bateman and Charlotte Bateman “have been consistently excellent” this season, said coach Mike Trankina. (Wednesday Journal)

4. Classic Cinemas, which owns and operates Lake Theatre along with 14 other movie theaters in the area, is in talks to acquire and renovate LaGrange Theater. The movie house on LaGrange Road has been closed since March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Landmark)

5. Players and coaches from Chicago Westside Sports are featured in the first episode of the new HBO documentary series “Level Playing Field.” The series “illuminates how public policies have contributed to inequities in sports and society at large.” (Austin Weekly News)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• The Country Doctors perform of FitzGerald’s Patio. (1 p.m.)
• “Really Retro” Halloween craft workshop at Dole Center. (1 p.m.)
• Oak Park Public Library offers a National Novel Writing Month Prep Workshop. (1:30 p.m.)
• Wine tasting at Anfora Wine Merchants. (2 p.m.)
• “Slice of Comedy” night at Salerno’s. (7 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• It’s win or go home for the White Sox tonight, as they take on the Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field in game three of the American League Division Series. (NBC5)
• HBO's Oak Park-centric “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” special was named one of the best true crime shows to stream. (CinemaBlend)
• Oak Park and River Forest announced special hours for trick-or-treating this Halloween. (Wednesday Journal)
• Oak Park Public Library is celebrating disability awareness this month. (OPPL)
• Oak Park native Ramona Burns commissioned a special song from the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. (Paid source: Courier-News)

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That's all for today, Oak Park and River Forest friends. I'll see you tomorrow for the Monday edition, with a mood entirely dependent on how those stubborn Sox fare tonight on the South Side.

To my fellow Sox fans, remember: Ricky's Tony's boys don't quit.

— Georgi Presecky

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