🌱 ZOWA Live: Tough Guys ft Jim Duggan and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• ZOWA Live: Tough Guys ft Jim Duggan at The Classroom Bar & Lounge at Parties on Pope
• 6th Boys Basketball vs Sauk Valley at Rock Falls Middle School
• 7/8 Boys Basketball vs Montmorency at Rock Falls Middle School

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A couple of showers; cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy; windy, cooler, temps: high: 45, low: 30.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 43 and low of 25 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Nelson

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 14

• ZOWA Live: Tough Guys ft Jim Duggan →
  The Classroom Bar & Lounge at Parties on Pope, 207 Pope Street, Nelson
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• 6th Boys Basketball vs Sauk Valley
  Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave, Rock Falls
  4:00 pm

Monday November 16

• 7/8 Boys Basketball vs Montmorency
  Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave, Rock Falls
  4:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• 7/8 Boys Basketball vs Morrison
  Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave, Rock Falls
  4:00 pm

Wednesday November 18

• 6th Boys Basketball @ Montmorency
  Rock Falls Middle School, 9415 Hoover Rd, Rock Falls
  5:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• 6th Boys Basketball vs Montmorency
  Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave, Rock Falls
  4:00 pm
• 7/8 Boys Basketball vs River Bend
  Rock Falls Middle School, 415 12th St, Fulton
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• 6th Boys Basketball vs Morrison
  Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave, Rock Falls
  4:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• WCSC Food Pantry →
  Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W 9th St, Sterling
• Writer’s Group →
  Sterling IL
  10:00 am
• 6th Boys Basketball vs Sauk Valley
  Rock Falls Middle School, 1701 12th Ave, Rock Falls
  4:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Friday Book Club →
  Sterling IL
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Sterling

• Along the Rock: S3 Ep 230-Sterling Township Thanksgiving Vouchers Help 400 Local Families Celebrate the Holiday (theradar.online)
• Prevo is Sterling High School Student of the Month (shawlocal.com)
• New playground, pickleball courts celebrated at Sterling's Thomas Park (shawlocal.com)

Rock Falls

• Rock Falls firefighters retirees paid $730,906 into their pension fund and have collected an estimated $4.0 million (rockislandtoday.com)

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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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