🌱 Loveless Park offers families a lasting way to remember a child
Carlinville, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readCoffee in hand, Carlinville? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Loveless Park offers families a lasting way to remember a child
- A scholarship's 75-year story began with a Blackburn-bound student
Also on today's calendar: Copper's Journey to Becoming a Therapy Dog and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler; a stray a.m. t-shower, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy and cooler, temps: high: 47, low: 30.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 44 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Memorial Pavers For Loveless Park Memorial Walkway On Sale Now (stauntonstartimes.com) — Families can now order $75 engraved bricks for a walkway at Carlinville's Loveless Park honoring children who have died. Construction has begun on the memorial, which follows this year's playground replacement. Each purchase includes a miniature keepsake brick, and order forms are available at Carlinville Library and the playground's Facebook page. 
• Giving the Gift of Education for 75 Years: The Founders' Memorial Scholarship Program (oakpark.com) — A scholarship program approaching its 75th anniversary has a Blackburn College connection: its first recipient, Gladys Greening, received $500 to attend the Carlinville school. Since awards began in 1952, the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association's fund has provided more than $1 million to 349 Oak Park River Forest High School graduates.
📸 Around Carlinville
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Stop-Motion Animation Club →
Carlinville Public Library, 510 N Broad St, Carlinville
3:00 pm
Friday November 13
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Other local events
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Copper's Journey to Becoming a Therapy Dog →
Carlinvile Library, 510 N. Broad St, Carlinville
5:30 pm -
Men's Basketball Game Vs. Monmouth →
Dawes Gymnasium, Carlinville
7:00 pm -
Writers Guild →
Carlinville Public Library, 510 N Broad, Carlinville
9:00 am -
Men's Basketball Game Vs. Beloit →
Dawes Gymnasium, Carlinville
3:00 pm -
Not Petty at Anchor Inn →
Anchor Inn, 510 N Side Square, Carlinville
6:00 pm -
CPR Courses by Macoupin County Public Health →
205 Oakland Avenue, Carlinville
4:30 pm -
Pre-K Storytime →
Carlinville Public Library, 510 N Broad, Carlinville
10:00 am
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wills for Warriors →
Law Offices of West & Ginos, 413 North State Street, Litchfield
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Veterans Day Celebration →
Girard Community Center, 135 West Madison, Girard
12:00 pm -
GNW Pee Wee Girls Basketball vs West Central
Northwestern Jr/Sr High School Palmyra, IL 62674
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GNW JH Girls Basketball 8th Grade St. John's Tournament
Northwestern CUSD 2 Palmyra, IL 62674
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Carlinville Area Hospital & Clinics posted a job opening for PRN Patient Access Representative in Carlinville. Apply here.
- GDI Integrated Facility Services posted a job opening for Janitor & Custodian in Gillespie. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Carlinville here.
🗞 Nearby News
Litchfield
- Karen S. Pinkerton, 76 (thejournal-news.net)
- Ralph D. Harbaugh Sr., 82 (thejournal-news.net)
- Treat Yourself To The Best Meals In Illinois At These 7 Incredible Small Town Restaurants (newsbreak.com)
Staunton
- Cooking Class At Staunton Hospital Offered Nov. 19 (stauntonstartimes.com)
- Helping Hands Seeks Thanksgiving Sponsors (stauntonstartimes.com)
- Staunton Chamber Meeting Highlights Holiday Events (stauntonstartimes.com)
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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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