🌱 Patch AM: How an Oak Lawn native hopes to reshape Chicago’s neighborhoods and services.

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In today's newsletter:

• How an Oak Lawn native hopes to reshape Chicago's neighborhoods and services.

Also on today's calendar: The Boo-Tique Market Craft & Vendor Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.
• Wednesday: Warm with high clouds, temps: high: 77, low: 54.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Traffic signal repairman, MBA holder, Jesse Maronto builds Chicago mayoral bid around CONE platform (southwestregionalpublishing.com) — Oak Lawn gets a brief spotlight as the birthplace of Jessica "Jesse" Maronto, a traffic-signal repair worker now building a Chicago mayoral campaign around her CONE platform. She outlines ideas on city services, policing, youth investment, food deserts, and housing, arguing for more coordinated operations and neighborhood-focused solutions while drawing on her Southwest Side and suburban roots.
   

📸 Around Oak Lawn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Lawn

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• The Boo-Tique Market Craft & Vendor Event →
  Oak Lawn Community Pavilion, 9401 Oak Park Ave, Oak Lawn
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 6
• Baby Lapsit (T) at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  9:30 am
• Cozy Morning Bingo (R) at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  10:00 am
• Preschool Storytime (T) at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  10:15 am
• Founding Families of Oak Lawn Exhibit Guided Tour at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  1:00 pm
• Teen Volunteer Orientation at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  4:00 pm
• Guided Meditation at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  6:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Toddler Storytime (T) at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  9:30 am
• Smartphone Basics at OLPL →
  Oak Lawn Public Library, 9427 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn
  11:00 am
• Costumes, Pumpkin, Candy, Oh My! →
  Oak View Center & Museum, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn
  6:00 pm
• Fall Play: Meet Me in St. Louis →
  PAC
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
• Oak Lawn High School Fair →
  Oak Lawn IL
  5:00 pm

📣 Oak Lawn Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• America 250! Tree Dedication —Gale Shafer Read on Patch
• Lou Malnati's Pizza Night to Support Park Lawn on October 26 —Mark Dynia Read on Patch

• looking for some to take down chain link fence and install privacy fence in small
  area some one thatdoes fences and reasonable for senior (Nextdoor W 87th-W 91st)

• Credenza Health posted a job opening for Bilingual Caregiver (Spanish) in Oak Lawn. Apply here.
• GNC posted a job opening for Store Manager in Training in Chicago Ridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Lawn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bridgeview

• Clashes erupt outside Palestine Fest in Illinois (khon2.com)

La Grange

• Ex-La Grange Official Embroiled In Controversy In New Job (patch.com)

Chicago

• Woman Charged With Murder In Fatal Stabbing Of 7-Year-Old Girl: Chicago Police (patch.com)
• Chicago Woman Charged With Attempted Armed Robbery After Fatal Oakbrook Shooting (patch.com)

Ok Oak Lawn! 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 Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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