🌱 Give pollinators a hand at Cypress workshop and garden workday
Cypress, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Cypress! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Give pollinators a hand at Cypress workshop and garden workday
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, a thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with clouds and sun, temps: high: 55, low: 34.
- Friday: Partly sunny and chilly, with a high of 47 and low of 29 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Calendar: Penning Your Past (agrinews-pubs.com) — Cypress gardeners can learn about pollinator-friendly fall cleanup and planting native perennials at Cache River Wetlands Center from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 19. The program includes an invitation to stay for a garden workday on the Egret Slough Trail behind the center. Register by calling 618-657-2064. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Veterans Day Parade →
Anna City Park, Anna
11:00 am -
Veterans’ Day Parade →
Anna City Park, Anna
11:00 am -
November 12, 2026 →
Shawnee Community College, 1150 Vienna St, Anna
5:00 pm -
GBB @ Hardin Co
Vienna Elem School Dist 55 Vienna, IL 62995
6:00 pm -
SIU School of Education Day
SIU-C
8:00 am -
Centerstone Lunch & Learn - IL →
Centerstone Fellowship House Campus, 800 North Main, Anna
1:00 pm -
Tunnel Hill 100 →
298 East Vine Street, Vienna
8:00 am -
SUMMER of ’86 →
StarView Vineyards, 5100 Wing Hill Rd, Cobden
4:00 pm -
2nd Annual Military Ball →
Anna VFW Post 3455, 70 VFW Lane, Anna
5:00 pm -
2nd Annual Military Ball | Anna VFW Post 3455 →
Anna VFW Post 3455, 70 VFW Lane, Anna
5:00 pm -
Fall Festival
County of Union Sch Dist No43 Jonesboro, IL 62952
5:30 pm -
Meet the Eagles
Vienna High School Vienna, IL 62995
6:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Sonic posted a job opening for Team Member in Metropolis. Apply here.
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. posted a job opening for Security Officer (Harrah's Metropolis, Illinois) in Metropolis. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cypress here.
🗞 Nearby News
Vienna
- Vienna receives state cultural district designation, $200,000 grant - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News (kbsi23.com)
Anna
- DAR to once again spread Christmas cheer to veterans (southernillinoisnow.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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