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🌱 Patch AM: Lisle hoops standout becomes top target for UNC basketball

And on the Lisle Patch calendar - Ladies Day & Night Out, Schools Just Wanna Have Funds Downtown Downers Grove

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Good day Lisle! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Lisle hoops standout becomes top target for UNC basketball
  • How a Lisle organizer is shaping Trump protests in Medinah

Also on today's calendar: Ladies Day & Night Out, Schools Just Wanna Have Funds Downtown Downers Grove and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Thursday: Periods of clouds and sun, temps: high: 70, low: 54.
  • Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UNC sends elite recruiter Chuck Martin to visit five-star Brady Pettigrew (keepingitheel.com) — Lisle native Brady Pettigrew is drawing major national attention after a standout AAU season, earning an offer and upcoming official visit to UNC. The five-star guard, now at Bolingbrook High, is a priority 2028 recruiting target, with Tar Heels coaches making personal trips to Illinois as his stock rises on the EYBL circuit.
   

• 'Pushback': Protesters to converge on Medinah for Trump's Presidents Cup visit (dailyherald.com) — Protest plans around President Trump's visit to the Presidents Cup in nearby Medinah include Illinois Handmaids organizer Jax West of Lisle, who expects Trump to arrive Sunday. Multiple advocacy groups and Democratic leaders will rally over reproductive rights, the Iran war, immigration enforcement, and economic concerns, while local Republicans emphasize protecting area businesses and avoiding disruptive counterprotests.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Aramark posted a job opening for Catering Services Worker (Server) - The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Apply here.
  • The Campbell's Company posted a job opening for Production Operator - Entry | 3rd Shift in Downers Grove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lisle here.

🗞 Nearby News

Downers Grove

  • Friday Night Drive Power Rankings: Top 10 remains stable (shawlocal.com)
  • Early evolutionary history of the seed (nih.gov)

Wheaton

  • #8 Men's Soccer Welcomes Wheaton on Wednesday for Third Straight CCIW Showdown (uchicago.edu)

Ok Lisle! 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: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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