🌱 Patch AM: How Champaign-Urbana is honoring the caregivers behind vital disability support

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In today's newsletter:

• How Champaign-Urbana is honoring the caregivers behind vital disability support
• What new Chanute Air Force Base footage you'll soon see online.

Also on today's calendar: Tuesday Goat Hike and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.
• Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 92, low: 66. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Hot with a shower and t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Celebrate National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week with DSC (wandtv.com) — Champaign's Developmental Services Center is marking National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, starting today and running through Sept. 19, to honor workers who support residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Urbana's mayor will issue a proclamation to kick off the week, followed by a similar recognition from Champaign's mayor, underscoring how vital DSPs are to helping neighbors live, work, and thrive locally.
   

• Digitization grant to help preserve Air Force base history (news-gazette.com) — Champaign County residents will soon get easier online access to rare records from Rantoul's former Chanute Air Force Base, thanks to a $5,000 digitization grant for the Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library. The project will preserve aging tapes documenting local military and cultural history and culminate in a 2027 public screening of newly digitized footage for area history buffs.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Champaign

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 15
• Drop in Pasta Making →
  Champaign

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Other local events

Tuesday September 15
• Tuesday Goat Hike →
  Champaign IL
Wednesday September 16
• 5 Things 2026 sponsored by Busey Bank →
  Carmon's, 804 North Neil Street, Champaign
• Art at the Farm: Stained Glass Goat Suncatcher Workshop →
  Champaign IL
• Local Art Exhibit - Shauri E Gonzalez →
  The Scratching Post, 114 E University Ave, Champaign
  1:00 pm
• Play 500+ Board Games →
  The Scratching Post, 114 E University Ave, Champaign
  1:00 pm
• Play with 20+ Adoptable Cats! →
  The Scratching Post, 114 E University Ave, Champaign
  1:30 pm
• Cocktail Flight Night at Hound's Court! →
  Hound's Court, 120 N Neil St, Champaign
  7:00 pm
• Happy Hour - Drink Specials & Catnip! →
  The Scratching Post, 114 E University Ave, Champaign
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Farmstead Cheese Making Class →
  Champaign IL
• Stained Glass Foxes Class →
  520 N Neil St, Champaign
• Executive Director Leadership Network- Peer to Peer Support Lunch →
  Community Foundation Of East Central Illinois, 307 West University Avenue, Champaign

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Fun With Flags, Mayfair Edition: Today's second flag is the squaare flag of Switzerland, as they celebrate the Knabenschiessen holiday there today:
  https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/experiences/events/knabenschiessen-a-tradition-in-zurich/ (Nextdoor Mayfair)
• There is a tabby with a pink collar near the corner of Lauterbur and Leggett.
  She won't let me get close to her, but here's a picture (Nextdoor Ashland Park)

• MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Food Production Manager Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $12-$22/Hr in Champaign. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Late Night Cashiers/Kitchen Staff in Champaign. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Champaign here.

🗞 Nearby News

Savoy

• This 'Runner' is riotously ridiculous (news-gazette.com)

Urbana

• For the 55-and-over crowd, Sept. 12-19, 2026 (news-gazette.com)
• U.S. farmers lost conservation experts in Trump's federal cuts. Now they're hurting for help (mprnews.org)
• Beyond the Boardroom: Champaign County coroner Laurie Brauer (news-gazette.com)

Mahomet

• Area history, Sept. 12, 2026 (news-gazette.com)
• Who are the former Chambana area high school standouts competing in the week of Monday, Sept. 14? (chambanasun.com)

Ok Champaign! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Dam! (Thank you George G. for sending it in!)
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