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Also on today's calendar: Lake Forest College Community Engagement Lifelong Learning Series: Art and Architecture Course and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Mystery Of The Stolen Electric Guitar: Highland Park Crime Blotter (patch.com) — Highland Park residents can see what local police have been handling lately, including a pricey $2,700 electric guitar reported missing from Guitar Center on Skokie Valley Road. Officers also responded to a retail theft at the nearby Target, where staff said a woman left with $150 in unpaid merchandise.
2. How Highland Park High Schools Rank In Illinois (patch.com) — Families in Highland Park can see how their local high school stacks up statewide, with Highland Park High School placing 38th in Illinois and 756th nationally in U.S. News' latest rankings. The report highlights a 93 percent graduation rate and solid college readiness, based on multiple performance measures from the 2023-24 school year.
3. Know Your Organic Shopper (producebusiness.com) — If you shop organics at Sunset Foods in Highland Park, you're part of a nationwide surge in organic produce sales. Industry experts explain how different generations choose organics, while Sunset's produce director describes using clear signage, dedicated sets, and consistent placement so local shoppers can easily find organic options alongside conventional favorites.
4. What a Cold War summit can teach us about disagreeing well (northwestern.edu) — A new film about the 1986 Reagan–Gorbachev summit recently screened at the Wayfarer Theater in Highland Park, drawing a panel that included Northwestern professor Eli Finkel. Using the movie as a springboard, Finkel shared research-backed ideas on how to handle deep disagreements more constructively, from politics to everyday relationships, offering residents food for thought on navigating today's polarized climate.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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