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WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
7:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Crain’s Fall Real Estate Forum Breakfast. Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Ct. Contact: ccbevents@chicagobusiness.com.
7:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Fr. Stephen Katsouros of Loyola University speaks on “How the Jesuits are Reinventing Education (Again)” with the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand. Contact: Amanda Agost, Aagosti@cityclub-chicago.org or (313) 402-0671.
8 a.m. — (PALOS PARK) Palos Park Police Department hosts “Coffee with a Cop.” Plush Horse, 12301 S. 86th Ave. Contact: Chief Joe Miller, (708) 671-3770 or jmiller@palospark.org.
8:30 a.m. — (LEMONT) Fresh Thyme Farmers Market 3rd annual Golf classic will support two veteran suicide prevention charities that take care of veterans when they come home. Cog Hill Country Club, 12294 Archer Ave., Lemont. Contact: Liz H. Kelly, (310) 463-4130 or lizkellypr@gmail.com.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans hosts the 2017 Business Enterprise Program Fair. Until 2 p.m. Kroc Center Chicago, 1250 W. 119th St. Contact: Glenn Harston II, (312) 583-9366 ext. 84 or glenn.harston@gemini-ii.com.
***10 a.m. – (CHICAGO) Home security startup Canary, along with Kris Dunn of the Chicago Bulls and 7th Ward alderman Greg Mitchell will donate 400 security cameras to residents. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Paideia Academy, 7511 S. South Shore Drive. Contact: 7th@gregmitchell7thward.org.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Parents, teachers, community activists and students will deliver a letter to Sec. of Education Betsy DeVos and Amor Rahm Emanuel condemning their refusal to tax the wealthy and defend public education from vouchers and other privatization schemes. 500 W. Madison. Contact: martinritter@ctulocal1.com.
10 a.m. — (DOWNERS GROVE) Gov. Rauner will sign the Nurse Practice Act into law at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. Contact: Adam Mesirow, (630) 929-6622 or adam.mesirow@advocatehealth.com.
11 a.m. — (BATAVIA) Howard Keskitalo, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, will be made a knight in the French Legion of Honor at a ceremony. VFW Post 1197, 645 S. River Rd., Batavia. Contact: Dave MacDonna, (217) 524-0629 or Dave.MacDonna@illinois.gov.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Peter Wittig, German ambassador to the United States, speaks on “Transatlantic Relations in an Era of Change” with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Conference Center, 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Hyde Park residents will gather for a meeting announcing a renewed push for a Community Benefits Agreement with the Obama Library, featuring keynote speaker Che Ryhmefest Smith. Hyde Park Academy High School, 6220 S. Stony Island. Contact: L. Anton Seals Jr., (773) 817-0433; or Jawanza Malone, (312) 805-4326.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 19th annual World Music Festival Chicago continues with Mali’s Trio da Kali and South Korea’s Hong Sung Hyun’s Chobebolbi. Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E. Washington St. Contact: Mary May, (312) 744-0576 or mary.may@cityofchicago.org.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association presents “Now Arriving: Traveling To and From Chicago By Air, 90 Years of Flight” with Christopher Lynch. Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, Lerner Auditorium, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave. Contact: President@RavsenswoodHistorical.com.
8:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Willis Tower, Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds will create a night of exclusive performances by Bomba Con Buya, Santah and Mykele Deville as part of the global concert series “Give a Home.” Skydeck Chicago, 233 S. Wacker Dr. Contact: Lindsay Cameron, lcameron@hlgrp.com.
WEDNESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Hajuan Hentz, charged with murder; A teenager charged as an adult with fatally shooting former high school basketball star Demetrius “DJ” Tolliver and a 43-year-old woman in West Garfield Park on 3-31-16. 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) Arronis Jackson, charged with concealment of a homicidal death, charged with Paul Meyers, charged with murder; Accused of killing Meyers’ girlfriend Laneesha Miller and placing her body in four suitcases, then dumping them in the Little Calumet River in September 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) Miguel Ortiz, charged with felony official misconduct; A Cook County sheriff’s correctional officer accused of punching a detainee seven times in a beating captured on video. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
*NOTE: The Sun-Times Wire staff will verify all Daybook listings in advance, but last-minute changes or cancellations can occur. We strongly recommend that media outlets call to confirm events before assigning.