W E D N E S D A Y
November 22, 2017 Vol. 35, No. 14 ONE DOLLAR
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JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
Holiday House Walk page 22
BB gun shots cause thousands in damage
More than a dozen windows vandalized in Oak Park, Forest Park By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
They’re easy to overlook and often inconspicuous due to their size – typically about as big as a quarter – but the pockmarks left on windows from projectiles shot from a BB gun can cost thousands of dollars in damage. It’s not unheard of for business owners and residents to report damaged caused by BB guns – they pop up every few months or so, often in short bursts of activity – but over the last few months, at least two dozen businesses, property owners and in one case a person, have been hit by BBs. In Oak Park alone, there have been at least 13 incidents involving BB guns reported since mid-August. And, in Forest Park, as many as nine incidents involving BB guns have been reported in since June. Property, primarily storefront windows and parked vehicles, have largely been the targets of the shootings, but on Oct. 31 at about 7 p.m., a Chicago resident was shot in the left cheek with a BB in 900 block of Mapleton Avenue. The perpetrators in that See BB GUN on page 15
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CONTINENTAL CONQUESTS: Ed Baehrend and his wife, Diana, celebrate his 50th marathon in the U.S. On Thanksgiving he’ll take on a much colder challenge.
A race to the bottom … of the world Running a marathon — in Antarctica — on Thanksgiving Day
By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
On Nov. 18, Ed Baehrend flew to Santiago, Chile, and stayed in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes, admiring the city’s colonial Plaza de Armas center. From there, Baehrend, of River Forest,
caught a plane and traveled three and a half hours south to Punta Arenas, Chile, a stub of land located at the Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. There, race officials will check Baehrend’s arctic gear, making sure it will withstand negative 20 degree temperatures and 50 mile-per-hour winds. If Baehrend’s
gear stands the test, he will catch a flight out of Punta Arenas on Nov. 23 and fly still further south — about 650 miles — to Antarctica, the bottom of the world. There he will compete in the 26.2-mile Antarctic Ice Marathon on Thanksgiving. See MARATHONER on page 12
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