🌱 Teens Storm Public Pool + Vaccine Plan For Toddlers + Summer Pantry

Good morning! I'm happy to be back bringing you the latest headlines from Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to today's Daily.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny and not as hot. High: 91 Low: 67.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Oak Park-River Forest today:

1. Forest Park teenagers stormed the public pool last week amid record high temperatures in Chicagoland. More than 100 young people pushed past the front entrance or scaled the fences because of an online SnapChat invitation. Both Oak Park pools also reached capacity last week, despite an electrical outage that limited credit card payments. (Wednesday Journal)

2. Heather Mack’s daughter will live with her Indonesian foster mother at a home in Forest Park, a judge ruled last Friday. Oshar Putu Melody Suartama helped take care of the 7 year old while Mack served a prison sentence for killing her mother, Oak Park resident Sheila Mack, in 2014. (Paid source: Tribune)

3. Children as young as 6 months old are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna or Pfizer, the FDA announced this weekend. The Oak Park Department of Public Health said “it is unknown at this time” when they are expected to receive an order of pediatric vaccines for the age group. (VOP)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Check out the newest releases at The Book Table. (9 a.m.)
• See “Scoob!” at Lake Theatre’s Wednesday Morning Movie Series. (10 a.m.)
• Carnivore Oak Park hosts “Fish 101” at Cheney Mansion. (7 p.m.)
• Join River Forest Public Library and James Beard Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi in discussion about his new cookbook. (7 p.m.)
• The Redmonds perform on the Quad at Dominican University. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Oak Park Township is offering a free clinic for shingles, flu and COVID-19 vaccines on June 23. (Township)
• Triton College opened a summer meal pantry for those in need. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)
• Hundreds “gathered happily” at the weekend’s Juneteenth celebration at Taylor Park. (Wednesday Journal)
• The health department will host a vaccine clinic June 28 at Cheney Mansion for Oak Parkers age five and older. (VOP)
• Registration is open for the River Forest and Oak Park Police Departments Junior Citizens Police Academy in late July. (VRF)

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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.

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