🌱 East Alton students honor veterans with music and breakfast today
East Alton, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readHello East Alton! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- East Alton students honor veterans with music and breakfast today
- Meet William Roe, whose service extended from submarines to East Alton
- Remembering Shane Cole, devoted father and lifelong welder
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 67 and low of 42 degrees.
- Thursday: Rather cloudy; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 49, low: 32.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 47 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Local schools plan Veterans Day tributes this week (thetelegraph.com) — Veterans are invited to Riverbend Christian Leadership Academy in East Alton for a Veterans Day program today, Nov. 11, from 9–10 a.m., followed by breakfast for veterans and their guests. The school asks attendees to RSVP with its office, and the program includes songs, a dramatic reading and recognition of military branches. 
• East Alton Veteran William Roe Recalls Four Years In Navy (riverbender.com) — East Alton resident William Roe joined the Navy just 20 days after graduating from Alton High School, putting his welding skills to work maintaining submarines during his 1976–1980 service. He later built a 40-year career at Olin and spent more than 25 years as a paid-on-call East Alton firefighter.
• Shane Cole (1973–2026) of Edwardsville, IL (riverbender.com) — Shane A. Cole, 52, died Nov. 4, leaving his wife, Melissa, and daughters Katelyn of East Alton and Makaylah of Wood River. His family remembers his devotion to quiet time together and his lifelong love of welding and art. Cremation arrangements are through Pitchford Funeral Home in Wood River.
📸 Around East Alton
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Upcoming Events in
East Alton
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Basketball: Girls 7th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Jers
Roxana Junior High School
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Basketball: Boys 7th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Madis
Roxana Junior High School
4:00 pm -
Intermediate: Chior Concert
Elementary West School, 1105 N, 1115 Hunt Club Rd, Gurnee
4:30 pm -
PTA: Signature Chocolates Fundraiser Pickup
Woodland Ccsd 50, 7000 W Washington St, Gurnee
8:00 am -
Primary Playdate: Walk in the Woods
Woodland Ccsd 50, 17801 W Washington St, Gurnee
1:30 pm -
The Outsider
ALTON LITTLE THEATER, 2450 N. HENRY, Alton
7:30 pm -
PTA: Signature Chocolates Fundraiser Pickup
Woodland Ccsd 50, 7000 W Washington St, Gurnee
8:00 am -
Varsity Girls Basketball (Away) at Dupo Tournament
Dupo Jr.\/Sr. High School, 600 Louisa Ave, Dupo
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PTA Fundraiser at Chipotle
Primary School, 6040 Gurnee Mills Circle E, Gurnee
4:00 pm
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Chair Exercise @ Rox Arena →
Rox Arena, 2 Park Drive, Roxana
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Bowling: Boys Varsity Match vs Steeleville (Home)
Airport Plaza Bowl ,
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Gobble Up a Good Book Reading Challenge →
Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall, 132 Alton Square, Alton
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- West Star Aviation posted a job opening for Citation Quality Control Inspector in East Alton. Apply here.
- pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in WOOD RIVER IL S09784 in Wood River. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Alton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Wood River
- Wood River firefighters retirees paid $1.1 million into their pension fund and have collected an estimated $6.1 million (metroeastsun.com)
- For sale: 722 9th Street, Wood River, IL 62095 (riverbender.com)
- St. Louis man charged with strangling pregnant South Roxana woman (thetelegraph.com)
Alton
- ‘Wheel of Fortune': Father-of-Five Is a Good Sport After Losing $65,000 (newsbreak.com)
- MONDAY HOCKEY: Columbia tops Alton in early season showdown (thetelegraph.com)
- Second Alton Felon Charged After Armed Altercation At Oakwood Estates (riverbender.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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