🌱 Patch AM: Weaving Evolution and 10 more events

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

Coming up on the calendar:

• Oktoberfest at Lockport Vfw Post #5788
• Speech Screeners with Ivy Rehab for Kids (18 and younger) at Lemont Public Library - Event Space
• Artful Messes (Ages 0 - 5 with caregiver) at Lemont Public Library - Children's Activity Center

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Very warm, temps: high: 82, low: 65.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.

📸 Around Lemont

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lemont

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• Oktoberfest →
  Lockport Vfw Post #5788, 1026 E 9th St, Lockport
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Speech Screeners with Ivy Rehab for Kids (18 and younger)
  Lemont Public Library - Event Space
  9:30 am
• Artful Messes (Ages 0 - 5 with caregiver)
  Lemont Public Library - Children's Activity Center
  10:00 am
• Senior Sessions
  Lemont Public Library - Learning Center
  2:00 pm
• DCM Play Pros (Ages 3 - 6 with caregiver)
  Lemont Public Library - Children's Activity Center
  4:00 pm
• Bingo Tuesdays at Heroes West Lemont →
  Heroes West Lemont, 1015 State Street, Lemont
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Star Wars Trivia Night →
  Heroes West Lemont, 1015 State Street, Lemont
• Weaving Evolution →
  Homer Township Public Library, 14320 W 151st St, Homer Glen
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Run with the Nuns 5K →
  Mount Assisi Campus 13860 Main St. Lemont, IL 60439
  9:00 am
Thursday October 22
• Lemont VFW Bingo →
  15780 W New Ave, Lemont
  6:00 pm
• Whispers of Lemont →
  47 Stephen St, Lemont
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• Award Show Losers Concert →
  Presbyterian Church in Orland Park, 13401 Wolf Rd, Orland Park
  9:00 am

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• Premier Paws at Lockport — (708) 550-7297
• Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: Robert L. Arko —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Obituary: James Michael "Jim" Will —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch

• Looking for a place that sells homemade meatloaf by the slice.
  Tried Shop N Save, but didn't find it too be that good for me to buy it again. TIA to all! (Nextdoor Pleasantdale)

• Sysco posted a job opening for Inventory Control Associate in Woodridge. Apply here.
• PrideStaff posted a job opening for Shipping Clerk in Romeoville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lemont here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bolingbrook

• UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook opens cath labs (shawlocal.com)
• Week 8 IHSA football scores and more across the Will and Grundy county area (shawlocal.com)

Orland Park

• Tom Izzo Football Building helps Michigan St in draft prep, recruiting (usatoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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