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🌱 Remembering Betty A. Summers and her love of family outings

Amboy, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Remembering Betty A. Summers and her love of family outings

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of showers; cooler, with a high of 54 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 45, low: 29.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 43 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Obituary-Betty A. Summers (theradar.online) — Betty A. Summers, whose surviving family includes son Mark Summers of Amboy, is remembered for enjoying family outings, camping and shopping. A member of Grace Point Church in Dixon, she leaves 11 children and generations of grandchildren. Her family designated the church for memorial contributions.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Dixon

  • Dixon's Tools for School unpacks hope for children (shawlocal.com)
  • Dixon's Better Bargains offers pallets of possibilities (shawlocal.com)
  • Some Illinois community colleges are losing students. Others are bucking the trend (shawlocal.com)

Rock Falls

  • Rock Falls firefighters retirees paid $730,906 into their pension fund and have collected an estimated $4.0 million (rockislandtoday.com)
  • Why More Homeowners Are Choosing Low-Maintenance Flooring (shawlocal.com)
  • Along the Rock: S3 Ep 230-Sterling Township Thanksgiving Vouchers Help 400 Local Families Celebrate the Holiday (theradar.online)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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