🌱 School Nurses Speak Out + Teacher Of The Year Finalist In D97

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Georgi Presecky, your host of the Oak Park-River Forest Daily.

First, today's weather: Very cold with clouds and sun. High: 26 Low: 24.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. An Oak Park resident was carjacked at gunpoint on Feb. 14 in the 200 block of Maple Street, according to a police report. The vehicle was recovered four days later in Chicago and an arrest was made. (OPPD)

2. River Forest resident Mark Hosty will run for county commissioner in the 9th District, Wednesday Journal reports. He previously served on the Forest Park Village Council. (Wednesday Journal)

3. Nurses at local school districts are speaking out about the experience of working during the pandemic. “Everybody thinks it’s Band-Aids on boo-boos and ice packs, but there’s a lot more to it,” Percy Julian Middle School nurse Lauren Giorango told Wednesday Journal. (Wednesday Journal)

4. Oak Park officials will honor hometown Olympian Emery Lehman at an upcoming village board meeting. The speed skater and his teammates won the bronze medal in the team pursuit last week in Beijing. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

5. The Oak Park and River Forest High School chess team competed last weekend in the state final. The Huskies ranked 16th out of 128 qualifying teams. (OPRFHS)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Preschool play time at the Gymnastics and Recreation Center. (10:15 a.m.)
• Oak Park Public Library hosts a virtual presentation on preparing for a job interview. (2 p.m.)
• The Nineteenth Century Club hosts a dinner for Housing Forward clients. (3:30 p.m.)
• Temple Har Zion continues its “Cook with Celebrity Chefs” Zoom series. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The River Forest Public Library anticipates making masks optional on Feb. 28. (Library)
• Percy Julian Middle School social studies teacher Ashley Kannan was named a finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year. (ABC)
• Directed by Fenwick High School alum Patrick Creadon, new film “The Loyola Project” will stream on Paramount+ in April. (WBEZ)

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— 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.