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đŸŒ± Patch AM: What OPRF’s latest pool and gym delays mean for students now

Also, don't miss Digital Marketing Strategy Information Session on the Oak Park Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • What OPRF's latest pool and gym delays mean for students now
  • See how teens turned Beyond Hunger's new home into public art

Also on today's calendar: Digital Marketing Strategy Information Session and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Hot with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 92 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Near-record temperatures, temps: high: 97, low: 74.
  • Thursday: Very warm with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Once again, OPRF pushes pool, gym opening back (oakpark.com) — Construction delays at Oak Park and River Forest High School mean the new pool won't open until Nov. 1 and the third-floor gym still has no firm date, pushing PE classes and girls' teams into temporary spaces. The rest of the $102 million Project 2 wing is now expected to open Oct. 1, after humidity and regulatory issues slowed work and forced another ribbon-cutting postponement.
   

• Enriching a community: Meal by meal & (art) piece by piece (oakpark.com subscription) — Oak Park nonprofit Beyond Hunger is transforming a former North Avenue grocery store into its new permanent headquarters and food pantry, and local teens have already brightened the site with a five-panel mosaic mural. Young artists from the Oak Park Area Arts Council's Off the Wall program created "Gathering Together," celebrating community food access, gardens, and shared meals while showcasing Oak Park's growing public art scene.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 1
  • Middle School Makers (Grades 5-8)
    River Forest Public Library 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, US
    3:30 pm
  • Boys Softball - Union Ridge @ River Grove
    River Grove SD 85-5 River Grove, IL 60171
    4:15 pm
  • Girls Softball - River Grove @ Union Ridge
    River Grove SD 85-5 River Grove, IL 60171
    4:15 pm
  • Meet the Teacher Night (School Supply Drop Off)- Elementary Schools
    Congress Park Elem School Brookfield, IL 60513
    4:30 pm
  • Goodwin Open House
    Cicero SD 99 Goodwin Elementary School
    5:00 pm
  • L'Institut français d'Oak Park Fall Open House
    Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce L'Institut fran ais d'Oak Park - French Institute of Oak Park 11 Harrison Street, Oak Park, IL 60304
    6:00 pm
  • Offsite:Trivia Night at The James Joyce
    Berwyn Public Library 2701 South Harlem Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402
    6:30 pm
  • Edgewood Plan Condominium Association Board Meeting
    River Forest Public Library 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, US
    6:30 pm
    • Wednesday September 2
  • Enger School Fall Picture Day
    Mannheim SD 83 Franklin Park, IL 60131
  • LABOR DAY - NO CLASSES
    Greene Chicago, IL 60609

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Dominican University posted a job opening for Circulation Assistant in River Forest. Apply here.
  • Mom365, Inc. posted a job opening for Photographer in Maywood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

River Forest

  • Pavelonis taking systemic approach as new D90 superintendent (oakpark.com)
  • Rita Grendze: You Don't Have to Love Me (thevisualist.org)

Forest Park

  • Forest Park mausoleum doors likely stolen for scrap metal (forestparkreview.com)
  • How a Chicago-area superintendent builds positive culture from the top (k12dive.com)
  • 13th Hour Escape Rooms in Wharton earns national recognition (nj.com)

Chicago

  • Man Charged With Murder In Mail Carrier's Killing: Authorities (patch.com)

Ok Oak Park! 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

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