THU, 5/28/2020

Thursday, May 28, 2020

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Hairstylist Tanya Walker, left, hands PH Salon owner Toni Waitkus a sign they’re posting at the front desk as they prepare to reopen Friday in Schaumburg.

News | 'All the fun stuff is gone': What reopened suburban hair salons, barbershops will be like

Suburban hair salons and barbershops can reopen Friday with measures that safeguard the health of customers and employees, but that takes out much of the joy, service providers said.
Matt Piper of The Beer Cellar in Geneva stocks a cooler in preparation for walk-in business that’s expected to restart Friday.

News | Where you'll be able to go shopping in the suburbs starting Friday

With Illinoisans eager for the looser restrictions that accompany Phase 3 of the state's COVID-19 reopening plan, suburban retailers are preparing to welcome customers as soon as Friday.
Spring Lake Beach in Lincolnshire is open.

Health & Fitness | Which of the suburban beaches will be open this week

Though most suburban beaches remain closed, two beaches are currently open for recreation and swimming and a third is scheduled to open Friday.
Video attached to article Jack Aiello of Arlington Heights, who four years ago went viral with a middle school graduation speech featuring spot-on impersonations of 2016 presidential hopefuls, revisited the theme this year when he was chosen to give the commencement address for Hersey High School.

Prep Graduations | 4 years ago, his graduation speech landed him on Fallon. Now he's back for the Class of 2020.

An Arlington Heights teen who went viral four years ago for a middle school graduation speech featuring spot-on impersonations of presidential candidates is at it again, this time in his high school commencement address.
Around 135 signs with messages thanking front-line and health care workers were placed near Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital and around Lake Barrington.
Politics | 160 new deaths bring state's COVID-19 toll past 5,000; contact tracing ramping up
The state's death toll from COVID-19 infections surpassed 5,000 Wednesday as state health officials announced another 160 residents died from the disease. The state is ramping up contact tracing efforts for those sickened by the virus in an attempt to limit the public's exposure to those who may be infected but not know it.
Retail giant Amazon has confirmed it’s building the grocery store taking shape in the former Babies R Us location at 16 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg.
Business | Amazon behind 'mystery' grocery store coming to Schaumburg
Amazon representatives confirmed Tuesday that the retail giant will be the operator of the nearly 43,000-square-foot grocery store opening in the former Babies R Us space in Schaumburg.
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Prep Sports | Report: IHSA submits plan for resuming high school sports
The Illinois High School Association has submitted a plan to state health officials concerning the next steps toward resuming high school sports, according to WBBM radio.
The Rev. John Dearhammer shows social distancing measures put in place at Misión San Juan Diego church in Arlington Heights. The church will reopen for sacraments, including weddings and baptisms, June 6.
News | Faith congregations aren't rushing to resume religious services in Phase 3
Religious services at many surburban congregations aren't likely to resume this weekend even as the state begins to ease restrictions on public gatherings.
Columns | Feder: Rich Warren retiring from WFMT's 'Midnight Special'
Rich Warren is stepping down after 37 years as host of "The Midnight Special," the venerable weekly showcase for folk music, show tunes and comedy on WFMT 98.7-FM.
Eli Maiman, from left, Nicholas Petricca, and Kevin Ray of Walk the Moon perform at the American Music Awards in 2015.
Music | A song to make you smile: "Shut Up and Dance' by Walk the Moon
Here's a song chosen to lift you out of your coronavirus funk.
Courtesy of Willow Funeral Home Sgt. Simon Zamudio, shown with daughter Xoe, died Friday from COVID-19. The Carpentersville resident's mother died from the virus three days later.
News | Coronavirus claims lives of Carpentersville soldier and his mother
Sgt. Simon Zamudio, 34, of Carpentersville died last Friday at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, three days before his 70-year-old mother, Ma Gloria Cervantes, also died from complications of the virus.
Having free range in owner Jacob Fennell’s house in Rolling Meadows for the past nine years, this cockatiel named Digi flew out the front door Saturday. Fennell maintains hope Digi will be returned to him unharmed.
Columns | Constable: Hoping pet bird in sky isn't needle in a haystack
Losing a pet during normal times can be stressful. Losing a pet cockatiel as the suburbs grapple with COVID-19 restrictions adds another degree of difficulty.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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World War II Army Air Corps veteran Ed Mampre, 96 of Elk Grove Village, waves as a Memorial Day drive-by parade passes by Monday to honor him and two other veterans.
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