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10 | March 26, 2020 | the orland Park Prairie Election 2020
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Incumbent Bobby Rush wins D1 Democratic primary
Jacquelyn Schlabach
Contributing Editor
Incumbent Bobby Rush
won a four-way U.S. Congressional
District 1 Democratic
primary March
17, setting up a three-way
bout in November against
Republican nominee
Philanise
White and
independent
Ruth Pellegrini.
In the
primary,
Rush earned U.S. Rep.
88,499 votes Bobby Rush
(71.76 percent of total
ballots cast), with all precincts
reporting, according
to unofficial results
from the Board of Election
Commissioners for the
City of Chicago, as well as
the clerks’ office from suburban
Cook and Will coun-
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Orland Park Public Library provides closure info
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Bill Jones, Editor
As of 5 p.m. March 15,
the Orland Park Public
Library — one of the last
public bodies in Orland
Park to largely stay open
for business — shut down
operations, announcing by
email it would be closed
to the public “until further
notice.”
More information
was made available and
changed over the course
of subsequent updates, and
the following is the latest
regarding the library’s closure.
• Due dates for all materials
checked out have
been extended until the library
reopens.
• All fines are to be suspended
at this time, and
patrons can ignore any automated
overdue notices,
even if items have been
returned.
• To contact library staff,
people are asked to email
AskOPPL@orlandparklibrary.org
• All programs have
been postponed or canceled
until further notice.
The library also postponed
a board meeting that had
been scheduled for March
16.
• Patrons still can check
out digital items with their
library card numbers, including
eBooks, audiobooks,
digital magazines,
movies, music and comics.
• While book drops
continue to be monitored,
OPPL prefers if patrons
hold onto their items until
further notice
• The library has suspended
the ability to place
holds on materials
For more information, follow
orlandparklibrary.org.
Orland Square shut down entirely until March 29
Bill Jones, Editor
Orland Square shut down
in its entirety starting at 7
p.m. the evening of March
18 and is expected to stay
closed until March 29.
The mall announced
the closure in a post on its
website, noting the decision
came “after extensive
discussions with federal,
State and local officials.” It
is designed to help prevent
the spread of COVID-19.
Representatives for Simon
have not returned
multiple inquiries seeking
further comment on the
closure.
Further cancellations
• The Village’s annual
Curbside Spring Clean-
Up originally slated for
the week of April 13, has
been postponed, according
to Nabeha Zegar, Orland
Park’s communications
manager
• Integrated Health Solutions
“Taco” Tuesday event
originally scheduled for
March 24 has been rescheduled
for Tuesday, April 21.
For more information, call
(708) 403-5075
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• The Bridge Teen Center
as of March 16 announced
it was closing all programs,
events and bus pick-up
through March 31. The
center distributed “Bridge
at Home” Kits on March
19 to provide students with
activities while they are at
home.
• The Friday night Orland
Park SMART Recovery
meeting has moved online.
For more information,
visit smartrecoverytest.org/
local/meeting/orland-park-
illinois-friday-700-pm-to-
830-pm.