🌱 How a Carmi native helped bring a Southern Illinois film nationwide
Carmi, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Carmi! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
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- How a Carmi native helped bring a Southern Illinois film nationwide
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Southern Illinois Natives Reach National Audience with Independent Feature Film – WRUL-FM (wrul.com) — A new independent film gaining national attention has a strong Carmi connection through producer Lauren Cook, who grew up here and helped build the Twinbolt Media company. Working with her husband and brother-in-law from Eldorado, she’s part of the team behind “Just One More,” a faith-centered drama about addiction and second chances now streaming via Angel Studios. 
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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