🌱 Patch AM: How Jack-O'-Lantern World is transforming Paulus Park nights this month

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• How Jack-O'-Lantern World is transforming Paulus Park nights this month

Also on today's calendar: Managed Mischief - Trivia Night Concerning the Boy Wizard and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Turning sunny; warm, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.
• Monday: Warm; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Stunning pumpkin art highlights Jack-O'-Lantern World in Lake Zurich (chronicleillinois.com) — Lake Zurich's Paulus Park is glowing again as Jack-O'-Lantern World returns with thousands of hand-carved pumpkins, giant sculptures, and local food vendors. Running through Nov. 1 with select daytime and nightly hours, the event draws big crowds and boosts nearby Route 12 businesses while offering family-friendly attractions like mini-golf, inflatables, and a pumpkin patch supporting community groups.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lake Zurich

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 14
• Managed Mischief - Trivia Night Concerning the Boy Wizard →
  Emil's Tavern on Center, 161 Center St, Grayslake
  7:00 pm
Friday October 16
• The Roommate →
  Parker Players Theater Company, 540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• LCSO presents Charlie Brown Jazz Combo Live in Hawthorn Woods →
  2 Lagoon Dr, Hawthorn Woods
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• Ela Township Offices Closed in Observance of Indigenous Peoples Day
  Ela Township, 1155 E Route 22, Lake Zurich
• Day Off Camp (Mon, 10/12/26) →
  Lake Zurich Family Martial Arts, 215 S Rand Rd, Lake Zurich
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Police Pension Board →
  Lake Zurich Calendar, Police Department 200 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich
  8:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Campfire Tales →
  The Arboretum at South Barrington, 100 W Higgins Rd, South Barrington
  7:00 pm
Monday October 19
• 👊 Self Defense Workshop (ages 18yrs+) →
  Lake Zurich Family Martial Arts, 215 S Rand Rd, Lake Zurich
  7:15 pm
Friday October 23
• The Roommate →
  Parker Players Theater Company, 540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Fall Festival →
  St Matthew Lutheran Church and Early Childhood Center, 24500 N Old McHenry Rd, Hawthorn Woods
  11:00 am
Friday October 30
• The Roommate →
  Parker Players Theater Company, 540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 31
• LAGO Late Night Halloween Party →
  LAGO Italian Steakhouse, 350 N Rand Rd, Lake Zurich
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Need to be done within this next week a reasonable priced painter for a two car garage (drywall only) walls and ceiling.
  Walls need some patching and prep, priming and painting. (Nextdoor Ela Sirkle)

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🗞 Nearby News

Palatine

• Missing Woman Seen On Police Bodycam Before Vanishing: Palatine PD (patch.com)

Wauconda

• Main Street to close for road work on October 14 in Wauconda (lakecountygazette.com)
• Lake County forest preserve creating 'wildlife corridor' with $1.5 million purchase (dailyherald.com)
• Investigators rule baby died from blunt force injuries at Crystal Lake home over year following his death (lakemchenryscanner.com)

Mundelein

• The Biz Week That Was: Competing marijuana dispensaries, gambling tax revenues rising and hospital delivery department closing (dailyherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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