Forest Park resident Joanne Despotes has been hard at work along with her planning team getting ready for the 37th annual CROP Walk, aka Hunger Walkathon West (HWW).

Most Forest Park churches met for worship last Sunday — while taking precautions. In contrast to announcement after announcement last Friday of the closing of public gathering places like District 91 schools, the library, the community center and the park district's Roos Center, most Forest Park churches went online to tell their members that they would be open for worship.

"Have you noticed that everyone seems to be afraid these days?" Michael Rosenthal asked Pastor Walter Mitty. The two friends were sitting in the café in Bernie Rolvaag's bookstore.

One commentator, when trying to figure out why Democrats have not reached a consensus regarding whom they want to run for president in November, explained the indecision by asserting, "They are looking for someone to fall in love with."