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• How a Deerfield exhibit is reshaping memories of the Oct. 7 attacks

Also on today's calendar: Wake Up to Fresh Do-Rite Donuts on Chicago Marathon Sunday! Order by 2pm Saturday. and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
• Friday: Some sun with a quick shower, temps: high: 69, low: 59.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Chicago-area Jewish community marks 3 years since Oct. 7 attack as Gaza conflict continues (abc7chicago.com) — Residents gathered at a Deerfield synagogue Wednesday to mark three years since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, using an exhibit on Israeli sports in wartime to honor victims and hostages. Speakers from Jewish and Palestinian advocacy groups reflected on loss, ongoing violence in Gaza, and stalled ceasefire efforts, underscoring how this distant conflict still resonates deeply in Deerfield's community life.
   

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Sunday October 11
• Wake Up to Fresh Do-Rite Donuts on Chicago Marathon Sunday! Order by 2pm Saturday. →
  5:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Deerfield Park District - Board of Park Commissioners Special Meeting →
  Jewett Park Community Center, Deerfield
  7:00 pm
• PJ Library| Neighborhood Night Out| Deerfield →
  Field House Kitchen and Bar, 695 Deerfield Rd, Deerfield
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Free Walk-In Flu Shot Clinic & Shredding Event →
  Patty Turner Center, Deerfield
  9:00 am
• The Home Stretch- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" →
  Patty Turner Center, Deerfield
  10:00 am
Saturday October 17
• First-Time Bannockburn Author Book Passage Reading →
  Secret World Books, 1774 2nd St, Highland Park
  2:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Pumpkin Fest! →
  St Gregory's Episcopal Church, 815 Wilmot Rd, Deerfield
  11:30 am
• Admissions Open House for Junior Kindergarten - 12th Grade →
  North Shore Country Day, 310 Green Bay Rd, Winnetka
  1:00 pm
• 3rd Annual Maureen Wener Public Service Award Ceremony →
  Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield
  2:00 pm
• FREE Artemis Chamber Orchestra concert →
  Trinity Episcopal Church, 425 Laurel Ave, Highland Park
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Sanctuary Sounds: Masterworks for the Spirit Inaugural Concert →
  Highland Park Presbyterian Church, 330 Laurel Ave, Highland Park
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 28
• Documentary Film and Q&A: Louder than Guns →
  Gorton Center, 400 E Illinois Rd, Lake Forest
  7:00 pm

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• Riverwoods residents applying for 3 trustee slots before Oct 19 deadline —Caron Blitz Read on Patch

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