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OakPark.com Wednesday Journal News RSS The latest news from Wednesday Journal http://www.oakpark.com Thu, 17 May 2012 07:14:47 UTC OakPark.com http://www.oakpark.com http://www.oakpark.com/ShareLogo.jpg Bomb threat reported at Oak Park River Forest High School http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23054/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS A written bomb threat was discovered in a boys' bathroom at Oak Park and River Forest High School Wednesday afternoon. The threat referenced a disruption that would take place on Thursday afternoon. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23054/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 22:39:53 UTC One middle school for Oak Park, two campuses http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23050/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

The phrase "one middle school, two campuses" might cause consternation among some Oak Park parents. But it's a common model of looking at multiple middle schools in a single-school district and one that Supt. Albert Roberts would like to see District 97 emulate. The recent hiring of new principals at Brooks and Julian middle schools last week could help make that vision a reality. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23050/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC River Forest zoning tussle tabled, for now http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23049/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS After a spirited discussion with members of the village's Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday night, the River Forest village board decided to hold off on a vote that could allow for the continuation of front, rear and side yard setbacks that don't conform with the current zoning code. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23049/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park technology commission plan moves forward http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23047/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS The Civic Information Systems Commission received tentative approval, at the May 7 Oak Park village board meeting, to move forward with its proposed work plan. But the language in the draft caused some debate among trustees about the commission's role. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23047/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park village board approves geothermal HVAC system project http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23046/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Following a preliminary agreement approved in March, the village board finalized the steps at its meeting Monday to bring a geothermal HVAC system to village hall's Oak Park council chambers. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23046/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC New Oak Park Farmers Market manager ready for 37th season http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23045/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

The Oak Park Farmers Market is back this weekend for its 37th season. This year, besides a few new vendors, the market's new manager Jessica Rinks hopes her community garden and urban planning background can keep the market sprouting for some time. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23045/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC New Bead in Hand owner keeps up Oak Park shop's legacy http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23044/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Nestled in the Oak Park Arts District, Bead in Hand has strung together nearly two decades of history in the niche market on Harrison Street. The quaint storefront, half a flight down from street level just off Lombard, paves the way to the street's culture. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23044/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC River Forest railroad crossing upgrades set for next month http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23043/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Despite minimal freight train traffic the last few years, three crossings of the Canadian National railroad line are scheduled to be improved in River Forest next month. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23043/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park and River Forest police reports - May 8-14 http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23042/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23042/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Illinois-stupid on pensions http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23041/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Anyone want to read about pensions? Didn't think so. It is one of those things that makes you kind of queasy. Foreclosures. That's another one. You know they're out there. Maybe on your own block. But you can't fix them. So you just wait for them to do you collateral damage. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23041/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC OPRF's South Field getting turf replace in 2013 http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23040/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

After 10 years of being run, played and sprinted on by athletic Oak Parkers and school children, the South Field at Lake and Scoville owned by Oak Park and River Forest High School will be replaced in 2013. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23040/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Over 55 events available for seniors in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23039/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

The head of a local coalition knows that nobody likes to deal with the issue of growing older, but he hopes that celebrating the fact will one day help make 70 the new 50. "Nobody likes to be called a senior. What difference does it make?" said Jim Flanagan, president of the Celebrating Seniors Coalition. The group will hold its second annual Celebrating Seniors Week, May 18-25, at facilities in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23039/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park schools hire new H.R. director, first in-house legal counsel http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23038/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS The District 97 school board hired Joanne Schochat last week as the district's new assistant superintendent of human resources. Schochat comes from Troy School District 30-C, where she was director of special programs and assistant superintendent for HR. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23038/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC New Mann principal scheduled to be announced May 22 http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23037/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS District 97 remains on schedule to hire a new principal for Mann Elementary School on May 22, said Supt. Albert Roberts. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23037/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park parents protest RIFing of teaching assistants http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23036/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Some parents in Oak Park School District 97 are upset that more than a dozen teaching assistants received a reduction-in-force (RIF) notice by the district this spring. Twenty-four TAs received a RIF notice, as did other staff in the district in early April. Parents have set up a Facebook page, "Oak Parkers for a Quality and Diverse Education," in protest. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23036/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park and River Forest Catholics show support for women religious http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23035/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

When Mary Ziegler heard that the Vatican was cracking down the largest organization of American Catholic Nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), she called a meeting after one of the Masses at St. Giles Catholic Church, where she is a member, to discuss how those interested might respond. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23035/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Oak Park schools say no to security cameras in the classroom http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23034/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Despite the urging of one vocal District 97 parent, Oak Park school officials will not explore installing cameras in the district's classrooms. Sinead Aylward, a parent of a special needs child, encouraged D97 school board members and administration at the board's regular May 8 meeting to pursue classroom cameras. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23034/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC OPRF ponders strategic planning process http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23033/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Before Oak Park and River Forest High School settles on a consultant to shepherd its strategic planning process the school board still has some work to do in determining what that process will be. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23033/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Food sales waiver approved for Oak Park schools http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23032/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS District 97 got word last week that the state has accepted its waiver application to continue allowing "competitive food sales" by PTOs and other groups at the middle schools. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23032/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Double the house, double the history - the home of an early Oak Park business woman http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23031/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

At the turn of the century, when architect Henry G. Fiddelke was commissioned to build a "double house"— or house divided vertically by a party wall — for milliner Flora Gill, one of Oak Park's first successful business women, the intent was probably for the dwelling to generate some kind of income for the local hat maker, or at least provide separate living quarters for family members. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23031/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC The eagle-eyed Gyllenhaals of Oak Park are making a name for themselves in the birding community http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23030/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Across Austin Boulevard, due east up Jackson Boulevard, past the Chicago Park District golf course, and behind the Refectory in Columbus Park is a "secret" bird sanctuary. This is one of the three places where veteran Oak Park birders Eric Gyllenhaal, and his two teenage sons, Ethan and Aaron, officially monitor the ebb and flow of local and migrating birds for the Bird Conservation Network. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23030/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Circle Theatre's 'Rain' is a terrific ensemble showcase http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23029/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

It's bleak but effective, grim but exhilarating. When the Rain Stops Falling, by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell, is certainly never formulaic, and the Circle Theatre production is the Chicago premiere. The complex but intricately layered play, sharply directed by John Gawlik, is a terrific ensemble showcase; there are no obvious "leads." Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23029/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Henry Walshon Jr., 89, decorated WWII vet, enjoyed dancing http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23028/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Henry "Hank" Walshon Jr., 89, died on March 17, 2012 at Alden Town Manor in Cicero. A longtime resident of Oak Park both at the Heritage House and the Oak Park Arms, he was born in Chicago on Sept. 22, 1922 to Henry and Stella (nee Doucet) and spent his early years living above his father's bakery on Belmont Avenue, raising carrier pigeons on the roof. As a student at Lane Technical High School, he excelled as an athlete and was known around campus as the "Boy of the Flying Feet." Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23028/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Ralph Del Monico, 76, Local dentist and musician, Rotary member http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23027/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Dr. Ralph F. Del Monico, D.D.S., 76, of River Forest, a well-known dentist and local musician, died on May 12, 2012 in Indianapolis while awaiting a liver transplant. Born on Aug. 10, 1935 in Chicago, he held degrees from Northwestern University in music and from Loyola Dental School. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23027/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Gayle Morales, 73, Concordia University retiree, First United Methodist member http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23026/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Gayle G. Morales, 73, of River Forest, formerly of Oak Park, died on May 7, 2012. Born on Feb. 7, 1939 in Huntingdon, Penn., to Eugene and Ada McNeal, she was a graduate of Huntingdon High School and also completed studies at the Altoona School of Commerce. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23026/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Jo Anne St. Angelo, 74, Former CPS special education teacher http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23025/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Jo Anne (Richards) St. Angelo, 74, died on April 27, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. Born on Oct. 10, 1937, in Joliet to Andrew and Mary Radomski, she joined a convent during high school and earned her bachelor's degree from DePaul University. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23025/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Strategy on a plan for OPRF's priorities http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23024/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Previously we've commended the school board at Oak Park and River Forest High School for stepping back from its timetable to hire a consultant for its coming strategic plan. Why did this board delay after having solicited bids and interviewing final candidates? For the excellent, and seldom publicly acknowledged reason, that the school board realized it still didn't know what it wanted from a strategic planning process. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23024/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Back door to public works collaboration in River Forest http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23023/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Sometimes the path to innovation in government comes in the back door. That's OK. So long as it comes. River Forest village government, anticipating the end of this crushing recession, is looking anew at the languishing, maybe even decaying, old Edward Hines Lumberyard on Madison Street. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23023/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC The mystery of beauty http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23022/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS What if birds didn't sound as lovely as they do? I thought about that one morning before the sun rose. Most mornings this spring, I have awakened to the sound of birds. They start singing early, just after 3 a.m., beginning with a robin, usually, in a tree outside my bedroom window. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23022/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Rachel Carson still inspires http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23021/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

How thrilled Rachel Carson would be with Oak Park and River Forest's efforts to raise environmental awareness around Earth Day. This sacred, mysterious world of ours is engaged, 50 years after the publishing of Silent Spring, in multiple and complex struggles. Carson would be saddened, but so very grateful that so many have taken up her banner. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23021/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC The truth about the blues http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23020/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Given the structures of patriarchy that have long existed within black and white communities, a white Dominican University sociology professor seeks to the set the record straight — that black women created the blues — with her weekend-long "Blues and the Spirit Symposium" this Friday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19, at the River Forest college. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23020/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC We're lucky to have Sen. Dick Durbin and staff http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23019/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS I was very taken aback by the letter offering harsh criticism of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and the manner in which he deals with requests for constituent services. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23019/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC We're removing too many trees in Oak Park, replacing too few http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23018/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS I am concerned about the tree removal occurring in Oak Park. A few years ago, we were cutting all the trees due to the Asian beetle. Now we appear to be cutting down all the ash trees. The Wednesday Journal article quotes Jim Semelka (the village forester) saying that an additional 500-600 trees may be identified for removal. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23018/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Thanks, David, for showing your concern http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23017/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Dear Mr. Pope: David, I believe that is you on the right (Chicago Tribune Online, 5-10-12). I wanted to take a moment to thank you for uniting behind Mayor Emanuel in an effort to search for ways to assist Oak Park property owners in getting out from under the pension and financial mess created largely by Springfield. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23017/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC One Earth Film Fest engaged Oak Park and River Forest residents http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23016/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS More than 500 people came out and viewed films during the inaugural One Earth Film Fest in Oak Park and River Forest during the weekend of April 27-29. Volunteers with the local nonprofit Green Community Connections organized the festival. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23016/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Why shut down the Free Readers Ensemble at the Oak Park Library? http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23015/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS What's up with the library? For many years now, I've been a regular audience member of the Free Readers Ensemble, which has been performing free shows in the Veterans Room at the main Oak Park Library. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23015/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Don't miss this film http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23014/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS I just finished watching one of the finest films I have ever seen. The title is The Sunset Limited and is based on a play of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23014/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Blame the Democrats, not the Republicans http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23013/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS I lose a lot of sleep after I read Ken Trainor's columns trying to tell us who we are and who the President is [Liberal? Conservative? Free-market Socialist? Viewpoints, May 2]. I'm a Republican, not a Tea Party member. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23013/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC The nuns should be running the Catholic Church http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23012/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS I agree completely with Ken Trainor's statement, "The nuns — and the priests to a lesser extent — are the only ones keeping the institutional Catholic Church connected to authentic Christianity. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23012/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Good luck with Catholic reform http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23011/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Re: Your column WJ on Catholic reform [Have Catholics reached the tipping point, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, May 9]. Need I remind you that there was a reform movement of which you speak, "The Protestant Revolution"? Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23011/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC A prayer for conversion - of the hierarchy http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23010/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Please remind the Catholic faithful that for almost 50 years we prayed for the conversion of Russia — and look what finally happened. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23010/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Wed, 16 May 2012 03:00:00 UTC Video: Jeanette Fields, Wednesday Journal's former architecture columnist http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23053/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

Jeanette Fields, for more than two decades the architecture columnist for Wednesday Journal, was interviewed recently by Matt Baron and VOP6 TV as she was one of 60 local seniors honored during Celebrating Seniors Week. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23053/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Tue, 15 May 2012 21:15:00 UTC As River Forest eases liquor laws, LaMajada plans 'express' in old Annie's location on Lake http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23052/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

River Forest restaurant patrons will now be allowed to bring their own beverages and be served alcohol with food outdoors after the village board voted Monday night to approve updates to the liquor control ordinance. Those were among the changes OKd by the board. The first beneficiary of the more open approach will be Jesse Haggar, who with his family owns Oak Park's LaMajada Mexican restaurant. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23052/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Tue, 15 May 2012 20:28:44 UTC Shrubtown cartoonist Marc Stopeck on Oak Park's Own http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23051/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

The man behind Shrubtown sat down with Matt Baron to talk about his beginnings, favorite comics and his cameos in Shrubtown. The interview is part of the village's Oak Park's Own series, where Baron sits down with some of the characters of Oak Park. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23051/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Tue, 15 May 2012 20:15:00 UTC Brooks Middle School track coach fired, then, reinstated http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23048/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS

An odd set of events led to the brief firing of Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School track and field coach Don Robinson on Friday, a day before his team competed in the state sectionals. But after a meeting with District 97 Superintendent Albert Roberts on Monday, Robinson was reinstated to the position. Read More...

]]> http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23048/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS Tue, 15 May 2012 20:10:59 UTC OPRF Strikers Boys U14 Orange win Hawk's Cup http://www.oakpark.com/3_2_23009/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS