🌱 Tech Tuesdays and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dining with Dewey Cookbook Club
• Tech Tuesdays at Coal City Public Library District

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: More humid; a morning shower, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with partial sunshine, temps: high: 88, low: 72. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Hot and humid with a t-storm, with a high of 93 and low of 70 degrees.

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📸 Around Gardner

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gardner

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★ Featured events ★

Monday August 17

• Dining with Dewey Cookbook Club →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday August 18

• Tech Tuesdays →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Midtown Market →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  9:00 am

Monday July 27

• Kids Monster Inc. Fun →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  1:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Paper & More →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  9:00 am

Wednesday July 29

• Story and Play Time →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  10:00 am

Thursday July 30

• Tween After Hours →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 1

• GRUNDY AREA MACHINERY AUCTION - SOUTH (RING 1) →
  Grundy Area Machinery Auction, Junction of Hill &, Mazon
  9:00 am

Sunday August 2

• Kelly and Sarah →
  ALY ANNE'S Bar And Grill, 122 E Main St, Dwight
  3:00 pm

Tuesday August 4

• Puzzles and Projects →
  Fossil Ridge Public Library, 386 W Kennedy Rd, Braidwood
  1:00 pm
• Making a Junk Journal →
  Fossil Ridge Public Library, 386 W Kennedy Rd, Braidwood
  2:30 pm

Wednesday August 5

• Diamond Art Club →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ABM posted a job opening for Warehouse Janitorial Cleaner - HMW1 in Gardner. Apply here.
• Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations posted a job opening for Surveillance Investigator in Gardner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gardner here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Coal City

• Coal City 2024 non-profits ranked by highest total revenue (grundyreporter.com)

Braidwood

• 'If You See A Union Inflatable Rat Outside City Hall This Weekend, I Want To Explain Why' (patch.com)

Dwight

• The News-Gazette's preseason football Top 10: Oakwood checks in at No. 5 (bnd.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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