🌱 OA Lodge Executive Committee Meeting - April 2026 Meeting and 11 more events

Hi Fairmont! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• JJL Spring Fling and Mothers Day Craft & Vendor event at John J Lukancic Middle School
• Halfway to Oktoberfest at Lockport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5788
• OA Lodge Executive Committee Meeting - April 2026 Meeting at Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Breezy, with a high of 83 and low of 46 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., temps: high: 53, low: 37.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, windy and cool, with a high of 52 and low of 36 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairmont

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• JJL Spring Fling and Mothers Day Craft & Vendor event
  John J Lukancic Middle School, 725 Normantown Rd, Romeoville
  9:00 am
• Halfway to Oktoberfest
  Lockport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5788, 1026 E 9th St, Lockport
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday April 19

• OA Lodge Executive Committee Meeting - April 2026 Meeting
  Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council , 921 S State St , Lockport
  12:00 pm

Monday April 20

• PBIS Student Showdown in Hornet's Nest
  Lockport SD 91 Lockport, IL 60441
  2:30 pm
• Track Practice
  Kelvin Grove Middle School , 808 Adams St , Lockport
  3:15 pm
• Girls Volleyball Team Party
  Kelvin Grove Jr High School Lockport, IL 60441
  4:15 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Track Practice
  Kelvin Grove Middle School , 808 Adams St , Lockport
  3:15 pm
• New Member Coordinator Network - Spring Recruiting Check In
  Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council , 921 S State St , Lockport
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Track Practice
  Kelvin Grove Middle School , 808 Adams St , Lockport
  3:15 pm
• Loaves & Fishes Distribution
  Fairmont School Lockport, IL 60441
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Uni Uni Boba Joliet Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
  Uni Uni Boba Joliet , 1504 Essington Rd Suite 1 , Joliet
  11:45 am
• Flatbed Fords
  ROXY Lockport , 1017 S State St , Lockport
  12:30 pm
• Drama Club Lock-In
  Lockport SD 91 Lockport, IL 60441
  4:00 pm
• 2026 Wilderness First Aid Spring Session (WFA)
  Rainbow Scout Reservation , 2600 Winterbottom Rd , Morris
  6:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Spotlight Arts Collective presents, Disney and Pixar's "Finding Nemo: Jr"
  Spotlight Arts Collective's Developing Actors Summer Musical Theatre Camp 2026 will be presenting a production of Disney's Finding Nemo JR! ... (More info)
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🗞 Nearby News

Lockport

• Moms' Special Needs Respite Facebook Group Provides Lifeline For Caregivers In Will, Cook Counties (patch.com)
• 10 Providence Catholic HS Athletes Commit to Collegiate Athletics (patch.com)
• April Crossword Contest Brings Out The Winners (tomorrowstechnician.com)

Crest Hill

• Crest Hill Woman Who Poked His Stomach With Kitchen Knife Pleads Guilty, Learns Her Sentence (patch.com)
• How Plainfield's New $250,000 Grant Will Connect 20 Miles of DuPage River Trails (thetimesweekly.com)

Romeoville

• Romeoville Designates Virginia Bluebell As Its Official Flower (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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