Briefs: Interfaith service
The Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council will hold the 17th annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at St. Mary Parish, 10 N. Buffalo Grove Road, Buffalo Grove. The evening will include remarks by Christian and Jewish clergy as well as an adult choir, children's choir, the Hope Lutheran Bell Choir, an interfaith contemporary band and the Glory Finger Puppets from Kingswood Methodist Church. The one-hour event is free and will be followed by refreshments. Those attending are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to stock the shelves of three area food pantries.
Accident kills Park Ridge man
The death of a Park Ridge man Monday is being attributed to a traffic accident last Friday in Des Plaines that he walked away from. Michael Coletto, 83, of 434 Grand Blvd., died at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. Coletto struck a parked car about 2:20 a.m. Friday at 1050 Des Plaines Ave. police said. He was taken to the hospital the next day, and later died from a subdural hematoma caused by an automobile striking a fixed object, the medical examiner's office said.
Give to needy children
Mount Prospect's Officer Friendly and Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village invite everyone to help spread joy by donating to the Holiday Toy Drive for underprivileged children in Mount Prospect. Area businesses and residents can donate new unwrapped toys, for infants up to children age 12, to the Mount Prospect Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit, 112 E. Northwest Hwy. Officer Friendly, Bill Roscop, will pick up large toy donations from any location. Gift cards, checks and cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase toys for the children. Checks should be made out to Mount Prospect Police Toy Drive. Needy children will be identified by social workers and nurses in local schools. Officer Friendly and his helpers will hand out the toys Dec. 13 at a winter wonderland-decorated party room, where children will meet Santa and have a family portrait taken with Mr. Claus.
It's not a fire today in Hoffman
Don't be alarmed if you see smoke this morning around Poplar Creek Prairie in Hoffman Estates. The Forest Preserve District of Cook County and Chicago Wilderness will conduct a controlled burn at 10:30 a.m. today at the preserve off Shoe Factory Road. The burns help release nutrients from burned plant materials, help seeds grow and open the woodland floor for sunlight. There could be 20 to 40 burns each season, depending on the climate.