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🌱 Patch AM: Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Downers Grove This Fall — And How To Carve Them

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Good morning Downers Grove! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Find the best nearby pumpkin patches and carve like a pro
  • Hummer Park stormwater plan could ease Fairview flooding
  • How to reach Lyman Woods' fall colors without driving this year

Also on today's calendar: Oak Brook Artisan Market - Oakbrook Center (Sat-Sun, Oct 3-4) and 21 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Turning sunny; less humid, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 51.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Downers Grove This Fall — And How To Carve Them (patch.com) — Downers Grove residents get a handy guide to nearby pumpkin patches, along with practical tips for choosing and carving the perfect jack-o'-lantern at home. The piece highlights local farms within an easy drive and walks readers through safe, simple carving steps and tools to create standout porch decorations for Halloween.
   

2. Village, Park District To Present Stormwater Detention Improvements For Hummer Park (patch.com) — Downers Grove neighbors near Hummer Park can weigh in on a proposed stormwater detention project aimed at reducing flooding on Fairview Avenue. A public meeting planned for Oct. 12 will review design concepts, native landscaping plans, and the intergovernmental agreement needed to move this 2027 budgeted improvement forward.
   

3. How to use transit to enjoy fall in the Chicago region (illinois.gov) — Lyman Woods Nature Center in Downers Grove is featured as a prime fall leaf-peeping spot, with clear Metra and Pace directions to make getting there easy without a car. The guide also rounds up other Chicago-area fall festivals, haunted cruises, and park events reachable by transit, giving Downers Grove residents plenty of seasonal outing ideas across the region.
   

4. Student Spotlight: Talia Coryat, Clinical Psychology Student (midwestern.edu) — A Clinical Psychology Psy.D. student at Midwestern University's Downers Grove campus shares how her lifelong interest in helping others and experiences from camp counseling to HR work led her toward a career in mental health and music therapy. She praises the campus's small classes, interdisciplinary training, and collaborative healthcare environment, and encourages future students who feel called to serve to follow that passion.
   

5. Suburban Life Athlete of the Week: Grant Georgas, Downers Grove North, football, junior (shawlocal.com) — Downers Grove North junior running back Grant Georgas just powered the Trojans to a 41-0 win with 250 rushing yards and three touchdowns, earning Suburban Life's Athlete of the Week. He credits strong coaching, a versatile quarterback group, and steady improvement from film study for his breakout performances this season.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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