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Camp Lakota, in Woodstock, is set to become protected land, after the McHenry County Conservation Foundation purchased the camp’s 160 acres from the Pathway to Adventure Council for $928,000, said conservation foundation Executive Director Shawna Flavell on Monday,
For Illinois’ billionaire governor, the trip offers an opportunity to demonstrate strong ties to the Democratic White House ahead of an expected 2022 reelection bid. The meeting also will give Pritzker the chance to reference his own six-year, $45 billion “Rebuild Illinois” infrastructure program to repair and upgrade roads, bridges, university buildings, state facilities and other infrastructure.
Preckwinkle dismissed that, saying on WBEZ-FM: “One of the things that’s happened, of course, is that my relationships with SEIU have been damaged, but my primary responsibility is not, frankly, my relationship with SEIU. It’s to the residents and taxpayers in Cook County, to be a good steward of county government, and that’s what I’ve tried to do.”
Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, left, and Wilmington, Delaware, Chief of Police Robert Tracy leave the White House after meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss reducing gun crimes on July 12, 2021. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times)
The city position is busy and significant, overseeing all of the city’s arts-and-entertainment programing, along with the supervision of its signature special events, including (among many others) Taste of Chicago, the exhibitions at the city’s downtown Cultural Center, the Maxwell Street Market, Nights Out in the Park and the various music festivals in Millennium Park. Kelly has also been at the center of efforts to support the city’s artistic community in the wake of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the sector.
Security and other hospital personnel stand inside the University of Chicago’s Adult Emergency Center as the first patients walk in, during a quiet opening, Friday Dec., 29, 2017. University of Chicago Medicine said Tuesday it will require its workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, making it at least the second Chicago-area hospital system to do so. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
“The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, and this only goes to show that the virus is still very much a threat and that we must all remain vigilant against it,” the city’s public health commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, said in a statement. “That means getting vaccinated and wearing a mask in public settings if you are not fully vaccinated.”
SEIU employees work in offices under the Cook County president, in the county clerk’s office, in civilian positions in the sheriff’s office and for Cook County Health. About 1,473 of those workers are part of Cook County Health, working at Stroger and Provident hospitals, clinics and in mental health services at Cermak, which provides health care to jail inmates. They include technicians, physician assistants and service and maintenance workers, among others.
According to the weather service, there were several meteorological factors that contributed to the storm, including high atmospheric moisture, a slow-moving pressure system, a near-stationary warm front that had lifted north during the day and “was parked in the area of the heavy rain on Monday evening.”
Young shark fans can join Shedd Aquarium for one of its weeklong summer camps for kindergarten through fifth grade. Campers will explore the impressive world of aquatic animals, uncover amazing adaptations, meet animals up-close, explore Shedd Aquarium habitats, and participate in hands-on activities, outdoor games, crafts and more. One day of the program will focus on Indo-Pacific animals in Wild Reef, home to many of the sharks living at Shedd. Camps are held July 12-16, July 19-23, July 26-30, August 2-6 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., and cost $400 for nonmembers.