🌱 Beg. Wire Wrapped Pendant Class and 10 more events

Hi Fairview Heights! 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:

• Basic Earrings Class at The Bead Place
• Grant Middle School Grandparents Week at Grant CCSD 110
• Illini Picture Day at Grant CCSD 110

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: An afternoon t-storm or two, with a high of 89 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 73, low: 63.
• Tuesday: Cloudy and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairview Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Monday September 21

• Basic Earrings Class →
  The Bead Place, 8 Plaza Dr, Fairview Heights
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 21

• Grant Middle School Grandparents Week
  Grant CCSD 110 10110 Old Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights, IL 62208, USA
• Illini Picture Day
  Grant CCSD 110 Fairview Heights, IL 62208
• Grant Book Fair
  Grant CCSD 110 10110 Old Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights, IL 62208, USA
• AWAY Softball vs Whiteside
  PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 Whiteside Middle School, 111 Warrior Way, Belleville, IL 62221\
  4:15 pm
• AWAY Baseball vs Whiteside
  PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 Whiteside Middle School, 111 Warrior Way, Belleville, IL 62221\
  4:15 pm

Tuesday September 22

• Softball Regionals
  PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 Aviston, IL 62216, USA
  4:00 pm
• School Board Meeting
  Grant CCSD 110 10110 Old Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights, IL 62208, USA
  6:00 pm

Wednesday September 23

• Pontiac See You At The Pole at 7:30 am
  PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 Fairview Heights, IL 62208
• Pontiac First Priority Meeting
  PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 Fairview Heights, IL 62208
  7:30 am
• Beg. Wire Wrapped Pendant Class →
  The Bead Place, 8 Plaza Dr, Fairview Heights
  1:00 pm

Saturday September 26

• FREE WORKSHOP - Cubic Right Angle Weave →
  The Bead Place, 8 Plaza Dr, Fairview Heights
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Savers Value Village posted a job opening for Merchandising Processing Associate in Fairview Heights. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Swansea

• Nonprofit to pay year of living expenses for family of fallen Staunton police officer (kmov.com)
• Belt Announces Additional Funding To Prevent Food Insecurity (riverbender.com)

O'Fallon

• 23.5% of O'Fallon High graduates at Illinois community colleges took remedial courses in 2024-25 (metroeastsun.com)
• O'Fallon Sgt. Joe Wagner Wins Top MADD Illinois DRE Honor (riverbender.com)
• THURSDAY SOCCER: Columbia rallies to edge Marquette in showdown, 2-1 (bnd.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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