🌱 How Waukegan Beach helped two rare piping plover chicks hatch
Waukegan, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Waukegan! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Waukegan Beach helped two rare piping plover chicks hatch
- Why ICE activity has Waukegan immigrant families afraid to leave home
Also on today's calendar: Northwestern Medicine Lake Bluff Criterium and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you stop your bagel from running away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 74, low: 56.
- Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Piping plovers Pepper and Blaze hatch 2 new chicks at Waukegan Beach (chicagotribune.com) — Two endangered piping plover chicks just hatched at Waukegan Beach, continuing a remarkable local conservation story for returning shorebirds. Parents Blaze and Pepper are still incubating two more eggs after earlier storms destroyed a previous clutch, which volunteers rescued for captive-rearing. Conservation groups say Waukegan’s new arrivals highlight years of work to restore this rare species. 
• Advocates say immigrant community ‘afraid' amid uptick in ICE activity in Lake County (dailyherald.com) — Immigrant advocates in Waukegan report growing fear as recent ICE actions, including an incident outside Thermoflex and traffic stops elsewhere in Lake County, leave many residents afraid to work, shop, or attend events. Leaders from Mano a Mano and Waukegan-based HACES say even green card holders and DACA recipients are worried about racial profiling, while prosecutors warn that fear of ICE is making it harder to pursue serious criminal cases.
📸 Around Waukegan
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★ Featured events ★
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Northwestern Medicine Lake Bluff Criterium →
The 14th annual Northwestern Medicine Lake Bluff Criterium,
9:00 am -
Hero Play Day at Kiddie Academy of Gurnee →
1555 Nations Dr, Gurnee
10:00 am -
Summer Music Camps →
Zion Conservatory of Music, 2500 Dowie Memorial Dr, Zion
9:00 am
Saturday July 25
Monday July 27
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Other local events
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Waukegan Band Concert: "Thanksgiving"
City of Waukegan Stiner Pavilion - 201 E. Sea Horse Dr. Waukegan IL 60085
7:30 pm -
Join Us for Breakfast-Libertyville Sunrise Rotary →
GLMV Chamber of Commerce 1123 S. Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor BankFinancial, Libertyville, IL 60048 -
31st Annual Partners in Parks Golf Outing
City of Waukegan Bonnie Brook Golf Course, Dining and Banquets - 2800 N. Le
7:30 am -
MainStreet Libertyville Farmers Market
GLMV Chamber of Commerce 1123 S. Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor BankFinancial, Libertyville, IL 60048
7:00 am -
Business Builders Network
GLMV Chamber of Commerce Townee Square Restaurant, 508 N. Milwaukee Ave in Libertyville.
7:30 am -
RFU Community Care Connection Mobile Clinic
City of Waukegan YWCA - 1537 S. Waukegan Rd Waukegan IL 60085
10:00 am -
Arts Park at Bedrosian Park
City of Waukegan Bedrosian Park - 201 W. Liberty St. Waukegan IL 60085
6:00 pm -
Vernon Hills Arbortheater Concert: Abby Kay Band
GLMV Chamber of Commerce 50 S. Fairway Drive, just north of the Vernon Hills Athletic Complex (VHAC)
7:00 pm -
The famous Pequod's, caramelized crust pizza is heading your way. Order by noon. →
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Tuesday July 21
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
- Missing Snoopy Keychain
Keychain went missing at Ray CDJR in Fox Lake, IL. (More info)
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- He is home now and his family was very happy to have him back safe and sound!
Found on Stanley Ave in Waukegan. Super friendly! Anyone missing this sweet kitty? (Nextdoor End of the Amstutz) - Lake County Sheriff's Marine Unit rescued three swimmers in distress on Petite Lake, with alcohol being a factor for the swimmers.
9:31AM on Jul 19: Lake County deputies rescue three swimmers missing from a bachelor party. (Nextdoor )
- Accurate Personnel, LLC posted a job opening for Cell operator in Waukegan. Apply here.
- Albertsons Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Meat Cutter in Waukegan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waukegan here.
🗞 Nearby News
North Chicago
- Police actively investigating after man in his 30s dies after being found stabbed in North Chicago (lakemchenryscanner.com)
- Honduran national charged with stealing woman's car in Waukegan, recklessly driving at high speed as children played in area (lakemchenryscanner.com)
Beach Park
- ‘This park is unsafe': 2 teens rescued from Lake Michigan by bystanders at Illinois Beach State Park near Zion (lakemchenryscanner.com)
Libertyville
- Moped Driver, Passenger Critically Injured In Lake County Crash (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Put lox on it! (Thank you Hank G. for sending it in!)
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