🌱 New Windsor Rodeo and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• New Windsor Rodeo at New Windsor Fair & Rodeo Associates

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a passing shower, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 64.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.

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📸 Around Alpha

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alpha

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 21

• New Windsor Rodeo →
  New Windsor Fair & Rodeo Associates, IL-17 & Rodeo Park Rd, New Windsor
  11:59 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Alpha Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• YMCA Story Time
  Edwards River Public Library 200 North College Avenue, Aledo, IL 61231
  12:15 pm
• Farmers Market — Aledo Main Street →
  Aledo Main Street, 100 E Main St, Aledo
  4:00 pm
• Softball (Girls JH) @ Orion Middle School
  United Elementary School - North Orion High School, 1100 13th St, Orion, IL 61273, USA
  4:30 pm
• 2026 Estate Planning Seminar - Geneseo, IL →
  Wisdom Financial Services LLC, 1043 S Oakwood Ave, Geneseo
  6:30 pm

Friday August 7

• CR Hanna Class Lists posted at 12:00 p.m.
  Orion CUSD 223 Orion, IL 61273
  12:00 pm
• Softball (Girls JH) - CO-OP Annawan/Wethersfield
  United Elementary School - North United Junior / Senior High School
  4:30 pm

Saturday August 8

• Janet’s Memory Keepers’ Side by Side Run →
  Liquor Box & Gaming, 347 West Hwy, Oneida
  11:00 am

Monday August 10

• Teacher Institute
  R O W v a Cusd 208 Oneida, IL 61467
• First day of School
  SHERRARD CUSD 200 Sherrard, IL 61281
• Softball (Girls JH) - Stark County Junior High School
  United Elementary School - North United Junior / Senior High School
  4:30 pm
• Golf (Coed JH) @ Immaculate Conception School
  United Elementary School - North Monmouth Country Club, 1451 3rd Ave, Monmouth, IL 61462, USA
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Allied Universal Security posted a job opening for Security Officer - Travel Flex Officer in Galesburg. Apply here.
• The Salvation Army in the Midwest posted a job opening for Retail Store Processor in Galesburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alpha here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Cambridge

• Ways To Be More Precise, Effective With Fertility Of No-Till Corn - Bob Bottens (NNTC 2014 Presentation) (no-tillfarmer.com)
• Bowling Fundraiser for Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center August 7, 2026, in Geneseo (regionalmedianews.com)

Galva

• Reader in agreement with Kewanee mayor (kewaneevoice.com)
• Wake Up Tri-Counties RaeAnn Talks Mental Health Services, Reproductive Health Services, School Physicals, and Insurance Navigators (regionalmedianews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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