The 20th Annual Night Out Against Crime is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3 at City Hall. The event is sponsored by the West Peoria Neighborhood Watch. Its regular monthly meeting will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11 in City Hall.

Boy Scout Troop 11 invites all to their annual fund-raising Ice Cream Social 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 19. Tickets are $2.50/each. The event will be held at the West Peoria Fire Department, 406 N Waverly Ave. Join your neighbors and families for this end of summer tradition.

A cannabis lounge is coming to West Peoria in the closed Sky Harbor Steak House. City Council approved multiple ordinance changes, including a special use permit to allow creation of the High Harbor Cannabis Event Center at 1321 Park Road. The establishment will not be selling marijuana. The site will allow visitors to bring and smoke their own legal pot while listening to bands and/or socializing. Illinois law allows local communities to regulate such businesses. There is one other similar marijuana site, the Luna Lounge in the town of Sesser near the southern tip of the state.

Owners hope to open High Harbor this year though not on a routine schedule. Once purchase of the building is closed, remodeling can begin according to Ron DiGiacomo, co-president of High Harbor Holdings, LLC. He is founder and vice-president of Trinity Compassionate Care Dispensary and its two locations in Peoria.

High Harbor initial offerings will include concerts and pot-based cooking classes.

A long-time West Peorian passed away recently. Walt Fehl was involved in many community activities with his family joining him in helping. He will be missed. Sympathies and thanks go out to the Fehl family.

UnityPoint Health is hosting its free monthly COVID-19 vaccine clinic 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Aug. 13 at CityLink Transit Center. For more information go to the Wellmobile web site, https://wellmobile.com.

Take care of yourselves and enjoy the “opening” of West Peoria.