🌱 Unvaccinated Board Member Exits + Picture Of The Week

Happy Friday, Oak Park and River Forest! Find out what's making headlines in town today with Patch's Daily newsletter.

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

1. Oak Park Board of Health member Wynne Lacey “quietly” exited her volunteer role earlier this year, the Journal reports. Lacey was a staunch opponent of COVID-19 vaccines and remains unvaccinated. She has not submitted a formal resignation. (Wednesday Journal)

2. Oak Parker Maya Bird-Murphy is in the Tribune this week for her work as founder of Chicago Mobile Makers, a nonprofit bringing architectural workshops to underserved neighborhoods. “If you know how to design, how to problem-solve, then you’re going to be good wherever you go and whatever you do,” Bird-Murphy said. (Paid source: Tribune)

3. The CSX Railroad is retiring one of two rail lines running through Forest Park. The track is being converted from a double line to a single line after more than a century of use. (Forest Park Review)

4. Lake Theatre is continuing its "Class of '97" film series on Aug. 17 with screenings of “Selena.” The 25th anniversary lineup includes “Good Will Hunting,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.” (Classic Cinemas)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• See a screening of the Irish comedy “Waking Ned Devine” at Oak Park Public Library. (1 p.m.)
• Oak Park Township Youth Services hosts a Backpack Pick-Up Event. (4 p.m.)
• Learn about the Japanese art practice of Suminagashi (4 p.m.) or take a ceramics class (6 p.m.) at Dole Center.
• St. Catherine-St. Lucy-St. Giles hosts a parish potluck at the St. Giles courtyard. (5:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Local pantries are responding to a “rising need” for food assistance in the Austin neighborhood. (AustinTalks)
• OPRF Museum and the Nineteenth Century Club will offer a Women's History Walking Tour tomorrow morning. (OPRF Museum)
• It’s National Farmers Market Week, and Oak Park will celebrate with the annual corn roast tomorrow. (VOP)
• Chicagoland residents are lamenting the cost of transportation to and from O’Hare International Airport this summer. (Paid source: Tribune)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for a weekend edition of the Daily.

— Georgi

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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