Friday, May 18, 2012
Persons with lung and heart diseases, older adults and children are advised to reduce outdoor activities due to increased risks from air pollution.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued a code orange air quality alert affecting the Chicago region has been issued for Saturday, May 19. Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. Sensitive groups include children, older adults and those with breathing or heart disorders, including asthma and COPD and even active adults. Those with lung diseases, older adults and children may be affected by exposure to the ozone. Persons with heat and lung disease may be impacted by particles in the air. Air quality is expected to return to code yellow or moderate level on Sunday, May 20. On moderate days, air quality levels are acceptable but may affect a small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution…
Whether you've got a preschool grad, a college grad or somewhere in between, brag about the feat on Patch!
Somewhere, Pomp and Circumstance is playing, and someone is struggling to keep that mortarboard in place. It's graduation season, and whether it's your preschooler moving on to the big K, or your college senior heading out into the real world, you can brag about it on Oak Lawn Patch. First, make sure you are a registered user of your Patch (if you aren't, click on Sign Up in the top right corner of the home page). Once you are logged in, scroll to the bottom of the home page and under Contribute on the right side, click "Announce something to everyone." In the announcement template, fill out all the fields, and make sure you choose Graduation as the category. When you are done, you can add photos and video of your graduate to make the post…
Plan your garage and yard sale route this weekend using Oak Lawn's handy, interactive garage sale map.
Get an early start on your treasure hunting this weekend with Oak Lawn Patch's handy, interactive garage and yard sale map. Role your cursor over the pins marking the addresses of the weekend's garage and yard sales, to see the items for sale sale, as well as dates and times. (To help get the map started we grabbed a few sales off of atgaragesale.com. We've listed over 17 sales happening in Oak Lawn this Friday through Sunday. Some of the sales that caught our eye: Oak Lawn Patch will post a map of the village's garage and yard sales every Friday this summer through Labor Day. Share your garage or yard sale on Oak Lawn Patch's "Events" calendars. Include pictures of your best or most interesting stuff. Follow the simple instructions by …
A weekly update to help you keep up with the news updates and conversation on Oak Lawn Patch's Facebook page and what O-L Patch readers are saying in the comments section.
Another Friday is upon us, which means “Feedback Friday,” featuring the witty commentary and insights of Oak Lawn Patch readers—the greatest readers of all the Patches in America. Your human algorithm has been hard at work this week chasing down gas leaks and reporting on the man who was riding shirtless down the middle of 95th Street in what appeared to be a state of intoxication. Thanks to our ever growing legion of 1,058 Facebook fans and for telling your friends to like O-L Patch. As the owner of a small dog, I was very happy to hear that the Oak Lawn Park District Board had decided to test a small-dog section at Bailey’s Crossing Dog Park. Forty-five readers took our unscientific poll of what improvements they’d like to see made at …
Cell phone records for Arnoldo Jiminez, charged in the murder of his 26-year-old wife, last place him in Hidalgo, TX, near the Mexican border. Burbank Police seek public's help in locating him.
The FBI has joined an international manhunt for a missing bridegroom after his new wife was found slain in their Burbank apartment hours after they were married last weekend. A federal warrant charging Arnoldo Jiminez, 30, with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Jiminez was charged earlier this week in Cook County Criminal Court with one count of first- degree murder for the stabbing death of his 26-year-old wife, Estrella Carrera. (Read the federal warrant.) According to the Burbank police report, the couple was hastily married last Friday, May 11, at Chicago City Hall. Afterward, the couple dined at a Chicago restaurant with a small group of family and friends, before boarding a …
See snapshots from Marist High School's Class of 2012 Graduation then add your own.
Congratulations to the 2012 graduating class of Marist High School! Hundreds of students crossed over into adulthood on Thursday, May 17, and their parents couldn't be prouder as they watched them accept their diplomas. After a night of fun and honors bestowed upon students, they ceremoniously tossed their hats into the air to symbolize the new chapter they were starting in their lives. Take a look through the Patch gallery, then add your own photos to the mix. Check out: Marist's graduation from 2011 Marist Students Celebrate an Unforgettable Prom The Marist High School Blog on Patch
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
In Noel Roberts' world, no two golden retrievers are alike.
On a lazy, sunny morning, Noel Roberts is glancing around his yard searching for a stray cat that’s been hanging around his back door, along with her three kittens. He thinks Mama may have belonged to an elderly neighbor that has since died. Two of her kittens look suspiciously like a tiger-striped male cat that lives down the block; the third kitten looks just like Mama. Like Oak Lawn Patch on Facebook and tell your friends. “First thing we’re going to do is catch them,” Roberts says, who wants to find homes for Mama and her babies. A painter of animals, the Oak Lawn artist’s personalized portraits capture the souls of pets that glance at you over time. A life-long Southsider, Roberts grew up in Back-of-the-Yards when it was smelly and …
Readers support making "small dog section" permanent at Bailey's Crossing.
An Oak Lawn man is charged with theft after police surround his apartment building, reports say.
Oak Lawn police surrounded an apartment building and arrested a man on charges that he stole an iPhone he saw advertised in Craigslist. Police charged Timothy Quattrochi, 26, of the 10400 block of South Mason Avenue, with theft on May 4. According to reports, a woman looking to sell her iPhone on Craigslist for $380 made arrangements by text to meet Quattrochi at his residence around 3 p.m. Police said he came out of his house and asked the woman some questions about the phone through her front passenger window, where she sat in her car. As he was handling the phone, Quattrochi told the women “he’d be right back” and then ran away with the phone, reports said. The woman got out of her car and chased him, asking for her phone back, police …
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Got junk? Post your garage or yard sale on Oak Lawn Patch and we'll help you sell it.
It's May, which means most of us have made a dent in our spring cleaning -- which also means garage and yard sale season is in full swing. Here at Oak Lawn Patch we pride ourselves on local, useful information. That includes who has tools for a bargain, a dresser in their driveway or some clothes laid out on the lawn. Be the first on your block to know stuff. Sign up for the O-L Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Posting your garage sale on Oak Lawn Patch is easy ... and even better yet, it's free. Log in to Oak Lawn Patch. You can use your Facebook log in, or create a new account if you don't have one. Then click on our "Events" tab on the top of the page and on "Add an Event" near the top right corner. Or just go to Oak Lawn …
tom gillilan
6:29 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
"On moderate days, air quality levels are acceptable" Acceptable for whom? Attitude is everything. The attitude of those who think it is acceptable for people with "normal" lungs to breathe polluted air exhibit low health literacy and are usually in charge of local air boards. It is important to recognize that the authorities in charge of air quality are NOT on the side of those who desire clean … more ›