Residents React To Mask Mandate + Students Unveil Mosaic Mural

Welcome to a new week of the Patch daily newsletter! Let's get to the news.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 92 Low: 74.

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

1. Oak Park residents are reacting to the village’s indoor mask mandate, which went into effect late last week. The health department and business owners encourage masking and vaccination after COVID-19 cases jumped more than 700 percent in July. (NBC5)

2. A 30-year-old man was shot and killed in the 5400 block of West Augusta Boulevard in Austin Sunday. Another man was struck by gunfire but ultimately stabilized at Mt. Sinai Hospital. (Chicago Sun-Times)

3. The Oak Park Area Arts Council unveiled a new mosaic mural this weekend at 914 North Blvd. Teens from “Off the Wall” summer arts employment program designed and created the mural, titled “Parrot Pandemonium.” (VOP)

4. Nonprofit group Seven Generations Ahead will hold its annual zero-waste Micro Brew Review in Oak Park Aug. 21. (WGN Radio)

5. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new program to respond to the increase in 911 calls related to mental illness. First responders will use tablets to connect callers with mental health professionals via video call. (WGN)

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Today in Oak Park and River Forest

• Virtual chair yoga with Oak Park Public Library. (3 p.m.)
• Make a coffee filter butterfly with River Forest Public Library. (3:30 p.m.)
• Do a craft with Perler beads. (3:30 p.m.)
• Trivia night at BeerShop. (7 p.m.)
• River Forest’s Sustainability Commission meets. (7 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• St. Giles Parish pastor Rev. Carl Morello encouraged his congregation to get vaccinated this weekend: “As disciples of Jesus, who preached and lived kindness for our brothers and sisters, we can do no less.” (St. Giles)
• A vaccine clinic was held by Oak Park and River Forest High School yesterday, in partnership with the Oak Park Department of Public Health. (OPRFHS)
• Public Works is reminding Oak Park residents to keep shrubs and trees along sidewalks properly trimmed to avoid tickets. (VOP)
• Slots are still available for free preschool in Oak Park. (OPPL)
• A memoir about grief amid the pandemic, Oak Park native Cecily Strong’s “This Will All Be Over Soon” is out today. (USA Today)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow.

— Georgi

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