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  • How Batavia's Vanguard students are turning "Everyday Heroes" into national art

Also on today's calendar: The VIKINGS are Coming...and GOING! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 80 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Sunday: Turning sunny; warm, temps: high: 78, low: 57.
  • Monday: Very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Vanguard Gifted Academy Announces Participation in National Art Competition (prlog.org) — Batavia's Vanguard Gifted Academy is spotlighting local students' creativity as they enter the national Junior Artists "Everyday Heroes" competition, building on a previous student's published success. The Batavia school is weaving the contest into its STREAM curriculum on community roles, helping gifted and twice-exceptional children explore who they see as real-life heroes through art.
   

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  • Vanguard Gifted Academy Announces Student Participation in Art Contest —Amy R Trujillo Read on Patch
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  • Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Batavia. Apply here.
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  • St. Charles Electric Christmas Parade Seeks Entries For Holiday Celebration (patch.com)

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  • 2 Aurora Gang Members Arrested In Separate Firearm Incidents This Week: Police (patch.com)
  • 'Reimagined New Take' Of Classic 'A Christmas Carol' Coming To Paramount Theatre (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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