Community Corner
🌱 Riverside’s Dana Rettke powers Team USA into NORCECA volleyball semifinals.
Make time for Insect Safari at Wolf Road Prairie (free event) on the Riverside Patch calendar
Cheers Riverside! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Riverside's Dana Rettke powers Team USA into NORCECA volleyball semifinals.
Also on today's calendar: Insect Safari at Wolf Road Prairie (free event) and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 80 and low of 65 degrees.
- Wednesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 82, low: 64.
- Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• U.S. Women Reach 2026 NORCECA Continental Champs Semifinals After Win over Puerto Rico (usavolleyball.org) — Riverside's own Dana Rettke helped the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team sweep Puerto Rico and advance to the NORCECA Continental Championship semifinals. The middle blocker contributed key points at the net as Team USA now prepares to face host Dominican Republic, with medal matches set for later this week. 
📸 Around Riverside
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Riverside
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★ Featured events ★
- Insect Safari at Wolf Road Prairie (free event) →
11225 Constitution Dr, Westchester
10:00 am - 31st Street Antiques Opening Day →
9046 31st St, Brookfield
10:00 am
Saturday August 29
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Other local events
- District Institute Day
Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546 - Family/Teacher Meet & Greet (all schools)
Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546
8:15 am - Early Dismissal 2:35pm
Lyons SD 103 Lyons, IL 60534
2:35 pm - Parent University with FBI Chicago
Riverside-Brookfield High School RBHS Auditorium
5:00 pm - First Day of Classes for Students
Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546 - Virtual Writer's Group →
Berwyn Public Library 2701 South Harlem Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402
7:00 pm - First Day for Early Learners (Ames)
Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546 - Spice Club In-Person
Berwyn Public Library Community Room
6:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Sunday August 30
Monday August 31
📣 Riverside Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Park Move In Day
La Grange SD 102 La Grange Park, IL 60526
1:00 pm - Middle School Makers (Grades 5-8)
River Forest Public Library 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, US
3:30 pm - Board of Education Meeting @ MC LLC
Forest Hills Elementary Western Springs, IL 60558
5:15 pm - Read to a Dog, Read with Me (Grades K-4) - Dog 2
River Forest Public Library 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL, 60305, US
6:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Old Dominion Freight Line posted a job opening for Dock Worker/Forklift Operator - AM/PM Shift in Berwyn. Apply here.
- Proviso Township High Schools District 209 posted a job opening for Restroom Custodian - Day in Forest Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Riverside here.
🗞 Nearby News
Berwyn
- Stage Buzz: The Ooozin' Ahhs at Berwyn Car Show • Cigars and Stripes BBQ • Berwyn (illinoisentertainer.com)
- One Year Ago Today, We Lost the Last Surviving Member of the Vocal Quartet Whose No. 1 Hit Soundtracked 'Halloween,' 'Deadpool,' and 'Stranger Things' (americansongwriter.com)
Brookfield
- Brookfield property transfers: Aug. 10 to 16 (shawlocal.com)
Forest Park
- Top-5 Prince William football countdown: No. 5 Forest Park (insidenova.com)
- LifeSpeed launches new day program in Forest Park for adults with special needs (abc7chicago.com)
Ok Riverside! 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: 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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