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THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
6 a.m. — (CHICAGO/NAPERVILLE) Metra, American Heart Association and Illinois Heart Rescue conduct lifesaving demonstrations at Chicago Union Station (Canal and Jackson); Naperville Station (105 E. 4th Ave.); LaSalle Street Station (414 S. LaSalle); Van Buren Station (Michigan and Van Buren); and with Metra CEO Don Orseno at Millennium Station (Michigan and Randolph). Contacts: (312) 322-6776.
8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Executives’ Club of Chicago hosts “The Business of Giving,” a panel discussion featuring three CEOs from non-profit organizations sharing insights on why being socially responsible is good for business. Mid-America Club, 200 E. Randolph Dr. Contact: (312) 263-3500.
8 a.m. — (GLENCOE) Chicago Botanic Garden’s Java plant is expected to bloom for 24-36 hours, the tallest of the 17 titan arums in the collection, which give off an unusually bad stench. Open until 7 p.m. 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe. Contact: Gloria Ciaccio, (773) 202-1741; Julie McCaffrey, (847) 204-2397; or Jasmine Leonas, (312) 929-7004.
8:45 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Greater Chicago Food Depository releases report on food insecurity among low-income adults with disabilities, followed by panel discussion with Food Depository CEO Kate Maehr, Access Living CEO Marca Bristo, and Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Commissioner Karen Tamley. Access Living, 115 W. Chicago Ave. Contact: Paul Morello, pmorello@gcfd.org or (630) 306-1064.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Small Business Expo – Chicago 2017 features resources to help grow businesses from start-ups to successes. UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd. Contact: (212) 404-2345.
10 a.m. — (DES PLAINES) U.S. Reps. Brad Schneider and Jan Schakowsky host job fair with more than 60 local and national employers with immediate openings. Oakton Community College, Tenhoeve Room, 1600 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines. Contact: Steven Kirsch, (202) 225-4835 or steven.kirsch@mail.house.gov.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council Committee on Health and Environmental Protection meets to hear the ComEd Annual Franchise and Summer Preparation Report. City Hall, Council Chambers, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: (312) 744-3040.
*** 12 p.m. — (CHICAGO) An outdoor roll call and prayer vigil will be held in honor of Chicago police officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez, who was killed in the line of duty on June 1, 2009. 6027 S. Hermitage. Contact: CPD Office of Communications, (312) 745-6110.
5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 18th annual Maifest Chicago features German food, music, entertainment, Maypole dancing and more. Through June 4. Lincoln and Leland. Contact: (773) 561-9181.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 4th annual Stride for Peace Race Against Gun Violence features participants running alongside law enforcement officers, civic leaders, survivors of gun violence, nonprofit staffers, doctors and others. Grant Park, Upper Hutchinson Field, 200 E. Balbo Dr. Contact: Mary Stonor Saunders, (773) 326-5368 or mary@stridesforpeace.org.
5:30 p.m. — (DEERFIELD) Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation Disorders Association hosts the 9th International Family Conference featuring ultra-rare disease researchers and family members from around the would. Hyatt Regency, 1750 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield. Contact: Patricia Wood, (619) 588-2315; or Colleen Lukoff, (619) 396-0380.
*** 5:30 p.m. — (WAUKEGAN) Tenth Congressional District Democrats host a free event dealing with expunging and sealing criminal records. Waukegan Public Library, 128 N. County St. Contact: Barbara Altman or Lauren Beth Gash, (847) 266-8683 or press@tenthdems.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Teachers from several Noble campuses and their supporters meet to discuss the Union of Noble Educators. SEIU Healthcare Indiana-Illinois office, 2229 S. Halsted St. Contact: Kenzo Shibata, (312) 296-0124 or kshibata@ift-aft.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) University of Chicago Institute of Politics hosts the 2017 Kirschner Human Rights Memorial Lecture with David Cole, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. International House Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th St. Contact: Matthew Jaffe, (773) 834-3605 or mjaffe@uchicago.edu.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Adam Sieminski of the Center for Strategic and International Studies speaks on “The Geopolitics of Energy” with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
*** 6 p.m. — (ROSEMONT) Former Chicago Bear Charles “Peanut” Tillman hosts celebrity bowling event. Kings Bowl, MB Financial Park, 5505 Park Place. Contact: Alex Jakubiak, (847) 942-6110 or alexj@carolfoxassociates.com.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) “Survivors of Gun Violence: A Public Health Epidemic” is a panel discussion featuring shooting survivors Ondelle Perteet and Mariam Pare; Kathy Shorr, author of “Shot: 101 Survivors of Gun Violence in America”; Prof. Harold Pollack, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab; Dr. Gary Slutkin, founder of Cure Violence; Andrew DeMuro of Guitars Over Guns; David Crump of the University of Chicago Medicine Violence Recovery Program; and Homicide Watch Chicago editor Jeff Mayes. KibbitzNest, 2212 N. Clybourn. Contact: Anne Neri Kostiner, (773) 360-7591.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Strides for Peace hosts 4th annual 8/5K Run, 2 Mile Walk and Tots for Peace Sprint to benefit organizations or groups that work to stop violence in the city. Grant Park, Upper Hutchinson Field, Columbus at Balbo. Contact: Kristina Olkowski, kristina@stridesforpeace.org or (312) 925-8600.
7 p.m. — (SKOKIE) Former Cub and Dancing with the Stars contestant David Ross signs copies of his book, “Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages.” Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie. Contact: (847) 676-2230.
THURSDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
Criminal
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Heriberto Aguirre, charged with reckless homicide; Accused of fleeing from a fatal crash in Lawndale that left 62-year-old Renee Showers dead on 6-16-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Devin Aldridge and Mark Hall, both charged with murder; Accused in the 12-19-2013 shootings that killed Deacon Willie Cooper and musician Eric Davis. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
10 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Milton Anderson, charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault; Accused of sexually assaulting a woman he followed off a CTA Red Line train in Rogers Park in Dec. 2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Dwight Brown, charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery; Accused of beating and hacking his mother to death with a fight on the night before her 24th wedding anniversary on 2-2-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Christian Camarena and Alyssa Garcia, both charged with concealing a death and attempted residential arson; Woman and her friend accused of covering up her 4-year-old son’s death and setting his body on fire in a vacant Englewood home on 8-2-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Morgan Ellis, charged with child endangerment leading to death; A pregnant woman accused of giving her one-year-old son a fatal dose of morphine on 11-18-15 at their Austin neighborhood home. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Oscar Garcia and Ezequiel Villanueva, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in a gang dispute in Little Village on Labor Day 2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Jeremy Givens, charged with murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a 42-year-old man on Christmas Eve 2015 in Roseland. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Matthew X. Jackson, charged with murder and armed robbery; Accused of killing Davy Easterling, a security guard for rapper Twista, in a robbery at his home on 2-20-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Antwan Jones, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Takiya Holmes on 2-11-17 in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Kenyon Jones, charged with Paris Jones, both charged with first-degree murder; Two men accused of fatally shooting a teen in Austin on 12-3-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Laquan King, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting two teenage boys as they placed dice in North Lawndale on 8-16-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Phillip M. Levato, charged with involuntary manslaughter; Accused of throwing a punch that led to Kristopher Weiss’s death on 7-22-16 in Bridgeport. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Elvin L. Prince, Jr., charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a teenage boy in the Ashburn neighborhood on 5-19-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Charles Southern, charged with first-degree murder; A man accused alongside two teens of fatally shooting a man at an Avalon Park party on 5-31-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Eugene Spencer, charged with Qawmane Wilson and Loriana Johnson (convicted), charged with murder and various other charges; Accused of arranging the 2012 murder of Yolanda Holmes, an Uptown hair stylist and Wilson’s mother, for insurance money. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Elijah Timatyos, charged with Ioan Lela Jr. and Michael Bembea, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of beating 71-year-old man Allen Levin to death during a home invasion in the Albany Park neighborhood on 1-27-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Qawmane Wilson, charged with Eugene Spencer and Loriana Johnson (convicted), charged with murder and various other charges; Accused of arranging the 2012 murder of Yolanda Holmes, an Uptown hair stylist and Wilson’s mother, for insurance money. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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