🌱 Patch AM: How Bolingbrook’s new $21.6M cath labs could change local care

Hello Bolingbrook! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Bolingbrook's new $21.6M cath labs could change local care
• Why a Bolingbrook guard suddenly has college coaches flocking here

Also on today's calendar: MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 66 degrees.
• Tuesday: Very warm, temps: high: 82, low: 64.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook opens cath labs (shawlocal.com) — Residents in Bolingbrook now have access to two new state-of-the-art catheterization labs at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook, a $21.6 million expansion on Remington Boulevard. The labs will provide minimally invasive heart and cancer procedures, backed by a growing cardiology team that also serves nearby suburbs and plans further upgrades in La Grange by 2027.
   

• Recruiting Buzz: Ole Miss Lands Major Prize, Florida Goes Big and More (hoopshq.com) — A standout guard from Bolingbrook High School is drawing serious national attention, with Arkansas coach John Calipari and even Derrick Rose visiting Bolingbrook to watch him. The five-star prospect is weighing offers from major programs, including Illinois, and may even reclassify, putting Bolingbrook basketball squarely in the national recruiting spotlight.
   

📸 Around Bolingbrook

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bolingbrook

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center →
  Joliet Junior College Event Center, 1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Storytime →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  10:30 am
• Library Express Van Visit: Brooks Middle School →
  Brooks Middle School, Bolingbrook
  10:30 am
• Amazing Race: Library Edition →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  3:30 pm
• Stop The Presses: Jovita Idar →
  Fountaindale Public Library, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook
  4:30 pm
• Networking Mixer ! →
  425 Quadrangle Dr Suite 130, Bolingbrook
  5:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Sweetest Day Date Night Comedy Weekend - Westchester, IL →
  Four Points by Sheraton Chicago Westchester/Oak Brook, 2222 Enterprise Dr, Westchester
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Bolingbrook's Clow Int. Airport Haunted Hangar →
  Clow International Airport, 130 Clow International Pkwy, Bolingbrook
  10:00 am
• Sweetest Day Date Night Comedy Weekend →
  Four Points by Sheraton Chicago Westchester/Oak Brook, 2222 Enterprise Dr, Westchester
  4:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Fall Festival and Craft Fair for Whole Community →
  First Presbyterian Church of DuPage, 180 N Weber Rd, Bolingbrook
  10:00 am
• Free Halloween Fun for Kids at Joliet Area Historical Museum Oct. 24 →
  Joliet Area Historical Museum, 204 N Ottawa St, Joliet
  11:00 am
Sunday October 25
• The Third Sino-U.S. People's Friendship Gala →
  Abbington Distinctive Banquets, Butterfield Rd, Glen Ellyn
  5:00 pm

📣 Bolingbrook Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Bolingbrook PatchAM possible:

• Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
• My Shuttle Bus LLC — 3313137562
• Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290
• Sandi Wolski Public Adjuster — (630) 417-7407
• Al Basha Sweets Co — (708) 233-0826
• Visiting Angels Plainfield — (815) 254-0152

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: Robert L. Arko —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
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• Hello neighbors,
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Warriors Men's Cross-Country Team Competes at the Lewis Invitational (winonastatewarriors.com)
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• Ryan Southcomb named Chief Financial Officer at Ascension Saint Joseph (kankakeetimes.com)

Naperville

• Team NCTV17 is proud to play for Naperville (nctv17.org)
• Update / Students invited to 'rewire the way you connect' at first Naperville Possibility Festival (positivelynaperville.com)
• A new cat cafe is opening in Naperville later this fall (chicagotribune.com)

Ok Bolingbrook! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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