🌱 Team Demolition Derby: Tournament of Destruction and 10 more events

Greetings Elwood! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Will County Townhall Meeting at Silver Dollar Restaurant & Banquets Elwood
• Community Planting Day at Elwood, IL Calendar
• 1st &2nd Field Trip at Channahon Lanes and Mini Golf

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a snake? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 42 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cloudy, a few showers; breezy, temps: high: 74, low: 49.
• Wednesday: Breezy and cooler, with a high of 61 and low of 43 degrees.

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📸 Around Elwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elwood

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday May 20

• Will County Townhall Meeting →
  Silver Dollar Restaurant & Banquets Elwood, 422 Mississippi Ave, Elwood
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday May 16

• Community Planting Day →
  Elwood, IL Calendar, 801 N Chicago Street, Elwood
  10:00 am

Thursday May 21

• 1st &2nd Field Trip
  Channahon Lanes and Mini Golf, 25306 W Eames St, Channahon

Saturday May 30

• Team Demolition Derby: Tournament of Destruction →
  Route 66 Raceway, W Schweitzer Rd, Elwood
  11:59 pm

Sunday May 31

• Import Face-Off →
  Route 66 Raceway, W Schweitzer Rd, Elwood
  10:00 am

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📣 Elwood Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 11

• Concert Choir →
  Rockdale SD 84 Joliet, IL 60436
  7:30 am
• Concert Band →
  Rockdale SD 84 Joliet, IL 60436
  8:00 am
• Bolingbrook Freshman Baseball @ Minooka →
  FP2M+HW Minooka Central Community High School, 301 S Wabena Ave, Minooka
  4:30 pm
• Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting →
  Channahon, IL Calendar, 24555 S. NAVAJO Drive, Channahon
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• *Rain Date for the IESA Track Sectionals* @ Lasalle-Peru High Schoo
  Lasalle-Peru High School Morris, IL 60450
  9:00 am
• Track vs. DPVC Conference (Rain Date) (Away)
  Joliet Memorial Stadium, 3000 W Jefferson St, Joliet
  10:00 am
• Photography Club
  Manhattan Junior High School, 15414 Smith Rd, Manhattan
  2:40 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Elwood PatchAM possible:

• Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
  Hope, healing & justice for abused children.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in Elwood. Apply here.
• Aperion Care Wilmington posted a job opening for Activity Aide in Wilmington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elwood here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Joliet

• Joliet House Fire On Arbor Gate Drive: Crews Remained On The Scene For 90 Minutes (patch.com)
• Wild Things cruise past the Slammers (thepaper1901.com)

Plainfield

• Man Charged With Arson In Connection With 'Suspicious' Plainfield Fire: Authorities (patch.com)

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Ok Elwood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In inches. Snakes don't have feet! (Thank you Kay L. for sending it in!)
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