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Vol. 35, No. 42
October 14, 2020
Mod squad Riverside prof explores modern residential architecture in Chicago’s suburbs PAGE 16
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Early voting starts in Brookfield and other suburbs next week PAGE 3 District 96 will offer students, staff weekly COVID testing PAGE 7
At St. Mary and Mater Christi, parishioners hold their breath Four parishes face an uncertain future as Renew My Church rolls on By BOB UPHUES Editor
Susan Storcel grew up at Mater Christi Parish in North Riverside. When she enrolled at the parish elementary school in 1959, just three years after it opened and just six years after the parish itself was dedicated. Even after moving to LaGrange Park and spending some time away from Mater Christi, its pull was inescapable. She rejoined the parish seven or eight years See CHURCH on page 8
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SITTING TIGHT: Father Tom May, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Riverside, says that facilities reports for each parish in the group may change initial scenarios already presented to the congregations.
Komarek offers hybrid option, but most staying home 54% of District 94 families say they’ll stick with remote learning
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
Komarek School students will have the option to return to school for a portion of
the school day in the coming weeks. The pre-K through eighth-grade school in North Riverside is preparing to offer a hybrid learning plan to students as well as allowing students to continue on the
100-percent remote learning schedule that they have been following since the school year began. As of now, slightly more than half of Komarek families -- 54 percent -- are choosing
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