🌱 Sip & Snack Social - Special Needs PTA and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Sip & Snack Social - Special Needs PTA at Sugar Grove Public Library District
• Mini Golf/Food Truck Festival at CORTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• KHS Graduation at NIU Convocation Center

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 63 and low of 40 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 69, low: 51.
• Friday: A morning shower; breezy, with a high of 72 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cortland

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Wednesday May 13

• Sip & Snack Social - Special Needs PTA
  Sugar Grove Public Library District, 125 Municipal Dr, Sugar Gro
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Mini Golf/Food Truck Festival
  CORTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 370 Lexington Ave, Cortland
  5:15 pm

Sunday May 17

• KHS Graduation
  NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb
  5:00 pm

Tuesday May 19

• Illinois Libraries Present Virtual Program
  Maple Park Public Library, 302 Willow Street, Maple Park
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• 2026 Food Truck Wednesdays →
  The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commons - NIU MLK Commons, DeKalb
  11:00 am
• Sip & Snack Social - Special Needs PTA
  Sugar Grove Public Library District, 125 Municipal Dr, Sugar Grove
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Theme Thursday - Movie Day
  Littlejohn Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
  8:00 am
• Sycamore Outreach →
  Sycamore Public Library, 103 E State St, Sycamore
  1:00 pm
• LaSalle-Peru Freshman Baseball @ Kaneland →
  Kaneland High School, 47w326 Keslinger Rd, Maple Park
  4:30 pm
• Tyler Student Showcase
  Tyler Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
  5:30 pm
• KHS Senior Honors Night
  KHS Auditorium
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Lincoln Field Day
  Lincoln Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
  8:55 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Ferrara Candy Company posted a job opening for Material Handler 1st Shift in Dekalb. Apply here.
• Dekalb District 428 posted a job opening for Second Shift Custodian .5 FTE in Dekalb. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cortland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

DeKalb

• DeKalb City Council Approves Downtown Parking Lot Plan (1023thecoyote.net)
• Illegal alien charged with human smuggling, kidnapping 7-month-old in DeKalb County (1819news.com)
• Historical covers for May 12: Grandmother earns college diploma nearly 60 years after high school (shawlocal.com)

Sycamore

• Farmers markets returning soon to DeKalb County (shawlocal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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