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🌱 How Rooted for Good helps Genoa neighbors put food on tables

Genoa, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning to you Genoa! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Rooted for Good helps Genoa neighbors put food on tables

Also on today's calendar: Thursday Night Lights - Online Only Sports Auction and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler with a few showers, with a high of 53 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, breezy and cooler, temps: high: 44, low: 29.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 42 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rooted for Good: Serving the needs of the community (shawlocal.com) — Genoa residents can turn to Rooted for Good for a local food pantry and garden plots renting for $20 a year, with applications opening in January. The nonprofit also runs free mobile pantries across DeKalb County and is raising money for a new campus in DeKalb to expand its services.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday November 11
  • Veterans Day Celebration
    Hampshire Elementary School
    8:30 am
  • Move & Groove →
    109 South State St, Hampshire
    10:00 am
  • After School Art - Fox Lantern →
    109 South State St, Hampshire
    4:00 pm
  • Dungeons & Dragons →
    109 South State St, Hampshire
    5:30 pm
  • Facility Strategic Planning Community Meeting at South Prairie/Little Spartans
    South Prairie Elementary School, 820 Borden Ave, Sycamore
    11:30 pm
    • Thursday November 12
  • Public Building Commission
    Administration Building – Conference Room East, 110 E. Sycamore St., Sycamore
    8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • An elderly person living alone would water the flowers by their doorway every day.
    After a few days, a neighbor noticed the soil in the pots had dried out and, not having seen the resident come out, knocked on the door to check in… (Nextdoor Genoa)
  • VONS posted a job opening for Starbucks Barista in Sycamore. Apply here.
  • Central CUSD 301 posted a job opening for 2nd Shift Utility Custodian in Burlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Genoa here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sycamore

  • A Little Holiday Wellness Goes a Long Way (shawlocal.com)
  • Kunes Auto Group Yelp reviews disabled after alleged Alaina Kunes Ole Miss monkey racist scandal triggers barrage of negative reviews (newsbreak.com)

Marengo

  • Huntley, Woodstock, Marengo win in boys bowling: Monday's Northwest Herald roundup (shawlocal.com)

DeKalb

  • Craig Culver recognizes DeKalb staff for top-five ranking in crew challenge (mystateline.com)
  • Concept proposing mix of industrial, commercial or residential uses in DeKalb receives favorable support (shawlocal.com)
  • A solar race: First 3 solar array projects prepare to go online, save DeKalb schools on energy costs (shawlocal.com)

Ok Genoa! 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: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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