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🌱 Minooka's Taydin Murphy earns another conference diving honor

Minooka, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Minooka's Taydin Murphy earns another conference diving honor
  • Services set for Marine veteran Joel Luciano, with burial in Minooka

Also on today's calendar: 🍫🔎 Death By Chocolate: A MURDER MYSTERY EVENT 🔎🍫.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of showers; cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 40 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 47, low: 32.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and chilly, with a high of 44 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wheaton's Cummings and Carthage's Murphy Claim CCIW Men's Swimming & Diving Weekly Honors (cciw.org) — Minooka native Taydin Murphy has earned his second CCIW weekly diving award of the season for Carthage College. The junior posted a regional qualifying score of 428.40 over 11 dives on the 1-meter board at the Calvin Quad, adding another milestone to his college season.
   

• Obituary of Joel Luciano (fredcdames.com) — Joel Luciano, a Marine Corps veteran and longtime law enforcement officer from Morris, died November 7 at 63. Visitation is November 13 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Fred C. Dames Funeral Home in Morris, with a service at 7 p.m. Burial with military honors in Minooka follows a November 14 closing prayer.
   

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-- 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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