🌱 STEAM Stories (ages 4-8 with a caregiver) and 11 more events

Hey there, Itasca! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education at North Central College
• Finance and Operations Committee at Village of Itasca Calendar
• STEAM Stories (ages 4-8 with a caregiver) at Itasca Community Library

... and check out 1 more event 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: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 68 and low of 59 degrees.
• Monday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 65, low: 56.
• Tuesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 64 and low of 53 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Itasca

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 23

• Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education →
  North Central College, 131 S Loomis St, Naperville
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 22

• Finance and Operations Committee →
  Village of Itasca Calendar, 550 W. Irving Park Road, Itasca
  5:00 pm

Thursday September 24

• STEAM Stories (ages 4-8 with a caregiver) →
  Itasca Community Library, 500 W Irving Park Rd., Itasca
  4:15 pm

Friday September 25

• Super Mario Game Play (grades 2-6) →
  Itasca Community Library, 500 W Irving Park Rd., Itasca
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday September 20

• Run to Read
  Everett Dirksen Elementary School, 116 W Beech Dr, Schaumburg
  7:00 am
• Volunteer Restoration Workday
  West DuPage Woods
  8:00 am
• Bears Golf Outing & Viewing Party →
  Salt Creek Golf Club, 1051 N. Prospect Avenue, Wood Dale
  9:30 am
• House Tour: Back to School in the 1890s
  Kline Creek Farm
  10:00 am
• Annual Rescue Reunion →
  Busse Woods, Grove 32, Beisner Rd, north of Biesterfield Rd, Elk Grove Village
  10:00 am
• Stars and Stripes: Our American Flag
  St. James Farm
  11:00 am
• Tractor-Drawn Wagon Ride
  Danada Equestrian Center
  1:00 pm
• Mid Autumn Festival: Celebrating Namerikawa, Japan →
  Central Library, 130 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg
  1:00 pm
• Seed Savin' Social and Equinox Gathering- Details TBD
  Sustain DuPage Garden, Main St, Wheaton
  2:00 pm

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• Optimas Solutions posted a job opening for 1st Shift Thread Roller Operator in Wood Dale. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Addison

• 19.5% of Addison Trail graduates at Illinois community colleges enrolled in remedial courses in 2024-25 (lakecountygazette.com)
• Three Juveniles Charged with Threatening Addison Junior High School — Bob Berlin - DuPage County State's Attorney (bobberlin.com)
• Midterm elections bring wave of referendums to suburban voters (dailyherald.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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