🌱 Amish Flat Rock mom shares emotional graduation milestone and favorite dessert recipe

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• Amish Flat Rock mom shares emotional graduation milestone and favorite dessert recipe

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Windy with clouds and sun, with a high of 70 and low of 45 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 70, low: 49.
• Friday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The Amish Cook: A milestone graduation marked by memories (sidneydailynews.com) — An Amish mother in rural Flat Rock reflects on her daughter Julia’s eighth-grade graduation, the loss of her husband Daniel, and the comfort she finds in faith and community traditions. She shares details of the school celebration, their close-knit church life, and a Strawberry Delight recipe, inviting Flat Rock neighbors into her family’s milestone moment.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday May 14

• Softball (Girls Varsity) @ St Elmo High School
  St Elmo High School
  4:30 pm
• Baseball (Boys Junior Varsity) - Paris High School
  OBLONG HIGH SCHOOL
  4:30 pm

Saturday May 16

• Softball (Girls Varsity) @ East Richland High School
  Richland County High School
• White Squirrel Roubaix →
  Olney City Park, 502 White Squirrel Cir, Olney
  9:00 am

Monday May 18

• Baseball (Boys Junior Varsity) @ Newton Community High School
  Newton High School
  4:30 pm

Tuesday May 19

• Baseball (Boys Varsity) - Kansas High School - TriCounty
  Oblong High School
  4:30 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  Newton City Hall, 108 N Van Buren St # A, Newton
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 21

• 3D Print Lab →
  Olney Public Library, 400 W Main St, Olney
  4:00 pm
• Baseball (Boys Varsity) - Wayne City High School
  Oblong High School
  4:30 pm
• County Board Meeting →
  Jasper County Office Building, 204 W Washington St, Newton
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• MAGIC HUNKS AUSTRALIA TAKEOVER NEWTON,IL USA!!! →
  MVP Happy Holler, 10524 E 1400th Ave, Newton
  7:00 pm

Friday June 5

• Red Hill Raceway →
  Red Hill Raceway, 8417 Sumner Dieringer Rd, Sumner
  3:27 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pepsi MidAmerica posted a job opening for Sales Merchandiser in Robinson. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Robinson

• Dorinda Sue Smith (wtyefm.com)
• James 'Jim' Seaney (wtyefm.com)
• Rep. Niemerg Demands Explanation And Immediate Tour Of Facilities After Inmate Overdose, Death (effinghamradio.com)

Olney

• Richland County, Olney Wins Doubles Tennis Invite With Four Area Teams Competing - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3 (thexradio.com)
• Carle Richland Memorial Hospital plans expanded, modernized facility (hometownregister.com)

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