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Vol. 36, No. 33
August 18, 2021
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Brookfield resident is village’s 14th COVID-19 victim PAGE 3
Employees stunned by sudden closure of Hines daycare PAGE 7
RBHS students return, some for the first time in 17 months Apart from masks, more lunch periods, things close to ‘normal’ By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
While the first day of school always generates feelings ranging from excitement and expectation to nervousness and fear, Aug. 16 was different at Riverside-Brookfield High School. For many students arriving Monday, it was their first day in a classroom with their peers since March 2020 when schools shut down in person learning at the start of the COVID pandemic. But things -- well not everything, since everyone was wearing a face mask -- was getting back to business as usual. “It felt pretty back to normal,” said sophomore Luke Schmitz, who stopped to talk to Landmark while walking home from school. Other students who spoke to the Landmark generally agreed, but they said that it took some time to get used to spending an entire day in the building after learning from home last year. See BACK TO SCHOOL on page 13
ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer
In order to control the goose population at Commons Park, North Riverside has hired a dog service that uses border collies, like Octane (above), to prevent geese from getting too comfortable congregating there.
Getting the goose out
North Riverside officials implore people to stop feeding wildlife in parks By BOB UPHUES Editor
If you’re a regular visitor to Commons Park in North Riverside, you’ve probably
noticed that there are not so many Canada geese hanging about, quite a change from the large flocks of fall and spring. And unless you’re a morning visitor, you probably also haven’t noticed a coffee-
colored border collie being walked around the pond and in other areas of the park by a woman who sometimes will let it off the See GEESE on page 10
