community
Derby Lite raises $32,000 at Walk & Roll
Team Derby Lite, of Oak Park, raised more than $32,000 during the American Cancer Society’s 2012 Walk & Roll. The 10-mile skate took place Sunday, April 29, on Chicago’s lakefront. More than 40 members skated in this fifth year Derby Lite has participated. It has …
Triton College
Name HIA dining room by May 30 Triton College’s Hospitality Industry Administration Dining Room needs a new name and the college is looking to the community for suggestions. It is conducting a contest to find a name that complements the atmosphere created by the unending pool …
Cycle to Wright’s sites June 9-Sept. 23
Experience Oak Park’s wealth of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings with the “Pedal Oak Park Bike Tour” starting at 9:30 a.m.every Saturday and Sunday beginning Saturday, June 9, through Sunday, Sept. 23. The bike tour includes stops at 22 Wright-designed structures in Oak Park’s famed Frank …
University president named to Lincoln Library board
Dominican University President Donna M. Carroll has been appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to the advisory board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. Carroll will serve as a board member through 2014. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Advisory Board is responsible for …
Read-In Chain at Triton
Triton College hosted the African-American Read-In Chain on Feb. 22. Students and faculty picked selections and read aloud as part of the school’s Black History Month’s events. The African-American Read-In Chain is sponsored annually by the Black Caucus of NCTE (National Council of Teachers of …
Community Briefs
Park District spring ice show May 18-20 This year’s spring ice show, “Skate Upon A Star,” is based on a combination of Disney movies. It will be familiar for young and old and performances are at 7 p.m. May 18-19, and 2 p.m. May 20 at …
Franklin Park Library gives away prom dresses
The Franklin Park Public Library is closed for renovations until May 1, but on Saturday, 15 teenage girls lined up outside its doors just before 9 a.m. anyway. Girls with their dads. Girls with their moms and grandmoms. Girls with their girlfriends. All waiting to …
Cook County Board now streams live
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Clerk David Orr, and the League of Women Voters of Cook County held a press conference April 16 to announce new transparency measures for the Cook County Board. The measures are aimed at making it easier for …
West suburban special ed co-op plans Derby Gala
Free legal advice April 28 by phone
The Chicago Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service and the Illinois State Bar Association will conduct a Law Week “Call-A-Lawyer” program from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28.
Volunteer attorneys will give free legal advice over the telephone …
Fenwick Mothers’ Club to host spring fashion show
The Fenwick High School Mothers’ Club spring luncheon and fashion show, “Sweeten Your Style,” will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 26, with boutique shopping followed at 11:30 a.m. by the luncheon and fashion show, at The Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace. Tickets are $65 and …
Elm Street in Franklin Park and River Grove getting rebuilt
Residents of Elm Street on the border of Franklin Park and River Grove will likely find themselves with a smooth new street by next summer. On April 10, the North Center Council of Mayors awarded the two villages funds from the federal surface transportation program. …
