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TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
7:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce launches Mid-Market Chicago initiative to create a business-friendly environment for companies beyond the start-up and small business phases, but not among the largest corporations. The Drake Hotel, 140 E. Walton Pl. Contact: Katie Fitzpatrick, kfitzpatrick@chicagolandchamber.org or (312) 494-6734.
*** 8 a.m. – (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel will join youth participants and employers to celebrate a record One Summer Chicago youth employment program. Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, 3rd floor, 78 E. Washington St. Contact: Mayor’s Press Office, (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org.
8 a.m. — (MAYWOOD) Loyola University Chicago’s Center for the Human Rights of Children will present two talks focusing on the Syrian war and its impact on children in celebration of Universal Children’s Day. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood. Contact: Jim Ritter, (708) 216-2445 or jritter@lumc.edu.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) RTA hosts annual Transportation Symposium and Business Exchange. Until 2 p.m. Chicago Cultural Center, Sidney Yates Gallery, 78 E. Washington St. Contact: Susan Massel, (312) 913-3256 or massels@rtachicago.org.
9:15 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council Finance Committee hosts public hearing on establishment of Enterprise Zone 6. U.S. Bank Building, 2nd floor, 815 W. 63rd St. Contact: (312) 744-3380.
*** 9:30 a.m. – (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel will join community leaders for a ribbon cutting on the new Grand Crossing Kid Care and community center. Grand Crossing Kid Care, 7522 S. Greenwood Ave. Contact: Mayor’s Press Office, (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Archbishop Demetrios of America receives a rare 9th century Greek New Testament manuscript to return to the Greek orthodox Holy Metropolis in Greece. Also 2 p.m. Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 E. 55th St. Contact: John C. Ackerman, (309) 635-7624 or john@johncackerman.com; or Janet Boden, (773) 256-0744 or jboden@lstc.edu.
*** 10 a.m. – (CHICAGO) The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation honors retired CPD Deputy Chief Fred Coffey, who was shot and seriously wounded during a robbery in September. Chicago Patrolmen’s Credit Union, 1407 W. Washington Boulevard Contact: John Gordon, (773) 706-4484 or j.gordon@CPDmemorial.org.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council committees meet at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle.
–10 a.m. Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards in Council Chambers. Contact: (312) 744-6845.
–10 a.m. Public Safety to discuss banning child sex offenders from public libraries. Room 201A. Contact: (312) 744-3304.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Sec. of State Jesse White announces new passenger license plate replacement program to launch in January. Thompson Center, Room 15-301, 100 W. Randolph. Contact: Dave Druker, (312) 814-1506; or Henry Haupt, (217) 782-5984.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Field Museum hosts media open house for its “Grainger Science Hub,” a new exhibition space featuring rotating displays highlighting the latest scientific research, staffed daily with educators and scientists. 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Contact: media@fieldmuseum.org or (312) 665-7100. (Note: Opens to public Nov. 18. Opening displays include giant shark fin confiscated from a restaurant; and rock containing crystals over 4 billion years old.)
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Special meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners to consider the 2017 fiscal year budget. 5th floor boardroom, 118 N. Clark. Contact: (312) 603-3323 or press@cookcountyil.gov.
10:30 a.m. — (EVANSTON) Evanston city officials hold a press conference calling for help from residents and nearby communities in finding a holiday tree after a failed search. Fountain Square, Davis Street and Sherman Avenue, Evanston. Contact: Patrick Deignan, (847) 448-8234 or pdeignan@cityofevanston.org.
10:30 a.m. — (DEERFIELD) North suburban residents protest opening of new Portillo’s restaurant, part of the “Shop Safer” campaign aimed at having businesses and restaurants ban guns. 700 W. Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield. Contact: Lee Goodman, Lee@PeacefulCommunities.org or (847) 559-9525.
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Liberty Justice Center and Goldwater Institute announce new lawsuit challenging Chicago’s home-sharing ordinance. 190 S. LaSalle St., 4th Floor. Contact: Kayla Weems, (312) 607-4977.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Coast-to-Coast Chicago Career Fair. Until 2 p.m. Congress Plaza, 520 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: (508) 981-6995.
*** Noon – (CHICAGO) The Faith, Life and Hope Mission holds a press conference to announce new plans to fight deportations and fight for immigrants’ rights. 900 E. Roosevelt Road. Contact: Father Jose S. Landaverde, (773) 538-7414.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Kurt Campbell of The Asia Group speaks on “Beyond the Silk Road: China’s Global Economic Ambitions” with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 130 E. Randolph. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
4 p.m. — (RIVERSIDE) Grand opening of pizza and wine bar LaBarra. 2 E. Burlington, Riverside. Contact: (708) 887-7700.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Operation Santa fundraiser hosted by the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, benefiting a program to provide gifts to families of injured or fallen officers. Until 8:30 p.m. Lagunitas Brewing, 2607 W. 17th St. Contact: Dave Bayless, (312) 533-0059 or baylessdave@gmail.com.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO HEIGHTS) Illinois Tollway hosts public hearing on 2017 Tentative Budget. City Hall, 1601 Chicago Rd., Chicago Heights. Contact: Dan Rozek, drozek@getipass.com or (630) 241-6800, ext. 2392.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) University of Chicago New Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge hosts an “Against the Norm: Body, Citizen, Constitution, State” discussion. Logan Center, Performance Hall, 915 E. 60th St. Contact: Nikki Kidd, nikki.kidd@rturnmktg.com or (773) 257-7523.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) “Bikecitement Night” benefiting youth programs at West Town Bikes. Revolution Brewing, 2323 N. Milwaukee Ave. Contact: (773) 772-6523 or info@westtownbikes.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Resident Association of Greater Englewood hosts community meeting to discuss local issues. Canaan Community Church, 1701 W. Garfield Blvd. Contact: (866) 845-1032.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing hosts its 36th annual Fall Benefit “Bringing Justice Home.” Brinks Gilson & Lione, NBC Tower, 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. Contact: (312) 347-7600.
6 p.m. — (DES PLAINES) Chicago author Nami Mun will read excerpts from her upcoming novel at Oakton Community College. Footlik Theater, 1600 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines. Contact: Lynn Woodbury, (847) 635-1953 or woodbury@oakton.edu.
*** 6:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Chicago Headline Club hosts a panel discussion about the election featuring Univision Chicago’s Erika Maldonado, WBBM’s Craig Dellimore, Rebot Illinois’s Matt Dietrich and the Daily Herald’s Kerry Lester. WeWork Kinzie, 20 W. Kinzie St. Contact: headline.submit@gmail.com or (872) 267-2242.
6:30 p.m. — (BEACH PARK) Lake County sheriff’s office hosts community town hall meeting to discuss topics including implementation of body-worn cameras, mental health initiatives, procedural justice programs and more. Beach Park Middle School, 40667 N. Green Bay Rd., Beach Park. Contact: Sgt. Christopher Covelli, (847) 313-9350 or ccovelli@lakecountyil.gov.
7 p.m. — (PARK FOREST) The League of Women Voters-Park Forest Area hosts panel discussion, “Housing Issues in the South Suburbs: Forum on the Recovery of the South Suburban Housing Market.” Public Library, 400 Lakewood Blvd., Park Forest. Contact: Bernadette Morrison, berniemorrison@sbcglobal.net.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Joe Moore hosts a participatory budgeting session to get input from 49th Ward residents on how to spend over $1 million in discretionary infrastructure funds. Kilmer Elementary, 6700 N. Greenview. Contact: ward49@cityofchicago.org or (773) 338-5796.
TUESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Lakesha Baker and Michael Scott, each charged with first-degree murder; A couple accused of beating her 1-year-old child to death and then concocting a false story about his disappearance. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ulises Almaraz, charged with murder; A jealous boyfriend accused of slitting a Pilsen man’s throat at a bar for talking to his girlfriend on 5-30-2015. Status. County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 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) Ian Armstrong, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man as he slept in a Kenwood home in 2013, and was later tied to the attack by DNA evidence. 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) Faramarz Bakhshi, charged with murder and concealing a homicidal death; Accused of murdering a college student and hiding her body in an air mattress in February 2013. 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) Demarco Bennett, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting 26-year-old Andre Donner Jr. in Englewood on 10-13-15. 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) Matthew Cobbs, Eddie Simmonds and Ahmad Walker, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in Old Town on 11-16-2014. 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) Robert Dixon and Antwon Williams, charged with murder; Accused of fatally beating his girlfriend’s mother’s live-in boyfriend on 9-4-2014. 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) Miguel A. Garcia, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing his roommate to death in their Back of the Yards home on 5-28-16. Status. County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) John J. Gorman, charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm; A Chicago Police officer accused of firing five shots at an off-duty suburban cop who tried to pull him over for driving drunk in November 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) Salvador Gutierrez, charged with concealing a homicidal death; Accused of killing and dismembering a man found buried in a Southwest Side backyard after a love triangle turned violent in 2013. 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) Jose Guzman, charged with murder, home invasion and arson; Accused of murdering his aunt and cousin after trying to rob them at their Southwest Side home on 5-28-2015. Status. County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Mark Harbin, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in a shooting that killed an East Garfield Park man in front of his father on 11-30-13. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Christopher Harp, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in the 5-7-15 shooting of 28-year-old Antonio Galtney in Englewood. 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) Cliffon Johnson, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on a Back of the Yards porch on 10-24-2014. 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) Michael K. Johnson, charged with murder, aggravated battery and aggravated assault; Accused of handing a gun to a person who shot and killed a man on 7-6-2014. 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) Arthur S. Jones, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing 25-year-old Jessica Hampton on a Red Line train on 6-23-16. 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) Lorenzo D. Jones, charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated assault; Accused of firing an assault rifle at a crowded Blue Line train on 10-9-2014. 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) Malik Jones, charged with Nicholas Ayala and Anthony Malcolm, each charged with one count of first-degree murder and robbery; Accused in the 07-10-2012 fatal beating of Delfino Mora, an attack that was posted as a video on Facebook. 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) Julio A. Lopez, charged with leaving the scene of an accident; Accused of running over and killing a woman, then leaving the scene on 11-17-2013. 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) Jason Missak, charged with reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident; charged in a hit-and-run crash that left a woman on her way to church dead in Avondale on 6-5-16. 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) Brittney Mitchell, charged with Orhan Cerimagic; both charged with murder and home invasion in a home invasion that left an accomplice dead and a resident fatally stabbed in Sept. 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) Terrell Monroe and Marcae Rogers, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on 12-26-2014. 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) Lavonte Moore, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a teen on the West Side on 5-20-2011. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Adnan Nafasat, charged with criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint and kidnapping; An Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a customer in his car. 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) Romell Outlaw, charged with murder; Accused in a fatal shooting in the Park Manor neighborhood on 4-2-2015. 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) LaShondra Peebles and Shirley Kyle, both charged in a financial scheme; A former Chicago State University employee accused of hiring her mother in a ghost payrolling scheme. 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) Emmanuel Raya, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of shooting 24-year-old Jeanette Laureano on the Northwest Side on 3-18-16. 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) Joseph Saleski, charged with Alejandro Ocampo and Reynaldo Ocampo, each charged with first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping for ransom; Accused of kidnapping then killing a man found burned beyond recognition in a Northwest Side trash can in 2012. 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) Carl Smith, charged with murder; A man accused of fatally shooting a person on 6-23-2014. The man allegedly identified him and gave his phone number to police before dying. 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) Michael Spaulding, charged with first-degree murder; A South Side man accused of fatally stabbing his live-in mother at their South Side apartment in June 2013. 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) Daniel Travis, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a man during an argument on 3-19-2014. 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) Derrick Wells, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 28-year-old woman outside a Morgan Park nightclub on Sept. 3, 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) Koman Willis, charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery / discharge of a firearm; Accused of fatally shooting 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins and wounding her father on 03-11-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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