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🌱 Patch AM: FREE! Halloween Mayhem at Main Park and 10 more events
Also check out ⭐️Final Market at the Barn of the Season⭐️ on the Mokena Patch calendar
Hi Mokena! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
🎃 Hosting a Halloween event in Mokena? Let Patch get the word out for you. Post it to the Patch calendar.
Coming up on the calendar:
- ⭐️Final Market at the Barn of the Season⭐️
- The famous Pequod's, caramelized crust pizza is heading your way. Order by noon.
- MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center at Joliet Junior College Event Center
... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 71 and low of 47 degrees.
- Friday: Nice with sunny spells, temps: high: 71, low: 53.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
📸 Around Mokena
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mokena
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★ Featured events ★
- ⭐️Final Market at the Barn of the Season⭐️ →
8101 151st St, Orland Park
9:00 am - The famous Pequod's, caramelized crust pizza is heading your way. Order by noon. →
4:30 pm - MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center →
Joliet Junior College Event Center, 1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Chenille Quilt Pt. 2 →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - Saturday Social Sew →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - Flower Dance Quilt - Session 2 →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - Supan's Machine Repair →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - Tuesday Social Sew →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - National Stop Bullying Day
Mokena SD 159 Mokena, IL 60448 - Project Finishing Day →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - BEGINNING PATCHWORK & QUILTING CLASS - SESSION 3 →
Top Shelf Quilts, 19081 Old LaGrange Road, Suite 100, Mokena - FREE! Halloween Mayhem at Main Park →
Main Park 10925 W. La Porte Road, Mokena
12:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Saturday October 24
📣 Mokena Shout Outs!
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Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Mokena PatchAM possible:
- Mindful Way Studio — 7082523015
- Dean's Greens Farmstand at Boley Farm — (708) 275-8353
- Clearway Exteriors — (866) 328-1110
- The Curve Clinic PLLC — (815) 524-8945
- Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
- High Ho Gems, Inc. — (312) 315-6866
- Family Focus Travel — (630) 290-7059
- Smile Obsession — 8155341779
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Santa's Secret Workshop is Coming to Town —Mokena Miracles Read on Patch
- Obituary: Marlene M. Tough —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: James E. Stonehouse —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Yesterday when I was waiting in line for coffee, I noticed an older lady in front of me, While she was waiting for her coffee, she was talking with her friend about where she wanted to travel next spring, Her friend laughed and asked, "At your age,
you're still planning that far ahead?" She casually replied, "Ofc, As long as tomorrow is still coming, I need to give myself something to look… (Nextdoor Arbury Hills)
- Spencer's posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager - Spirit in Frankfort. Apply here.
- Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Tinley Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mokena here.
🗞 Nearby News
Frankfort
- Frankfort Film Festival returning to Garden Theater with 15 films (manisteenews.com)
- American Discovery Relay 250 travels through Chicago Southland October 13-14 (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
New Lenox
- Will County Sheriff: Not activating SWAT team at New Lenox barricade 'may not have been the right call' (shawlocal.com)
- New Lenox Hog Wild Hit Again In Smash-And-Grab To Gaming Machines: NLPD (patch.com)
Orland Park
- 1,600 Citations, 3 DUI Arrests, 78 Other: Orland PD Releases Results Of Year's Worth Of Traffic Safety Pushes (patch.com)
Ok Mokena! 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: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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