🌱 Remembering Butch Dooley, longtime Nokomis school board member and veteran
Nokomis, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readHi there, Nokomis! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Remembering Butch Dooley, longtime Nokomis school board member and veteran
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A t-storm; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 64 and low of 40 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy and cooler, temps: high: 47, low: 32.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 43 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• William 'Butch' Hencill Dooley (taylorvilledailynews.com) — William “Butch” Hencill Dooley, a Nokomis school board member for 19 years and longtime Air National Guard firefighter, died November 6 at 79. Visitation is November 11 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at South Fork Church in Nokomis, followed by the funeral and burial with full military honors at Kettelkamp Cemetery. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Taylorville Eagles Bingo Night @ 217 East Main Cross – Taylorville, IL →
Fraternal Order of Eagles, 217 E Main Cross St, Taylorville
7:00 pm -
Encore presentation of Pana Haunted History Tour →
205 South Locust Street, Pana
6:00 pm -
Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Tba
Lincolnwood Jr./Sr. High School, 507 Prairie St, Raymond
6:00 pm -
Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Tba
Lincolnwood Jr./Sr. High School, 507 Prairie St, Raymond
6:00 pm -
Fall Formal
Morrisonville Jr High School Morrisonville, IL 62546
8:00 pm -
Jeff Chapman & Kent Lemmon at Twisted Trail Winery →
Twisted Trail Winery, Fillmore
2:00 pm -
Music by Ethan Stephenson →
Arpeggio Winery, 778 U.S. 51, Pana
2:00 pm -
Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Bunker Hill High School
Lincolnwood Jr.\/Sr. High School, 507 Prairie St, Raymond
7:15 pm -
Grade School STEM Night
Morrisonville CUSD 1 Morrisonville, IL 62546
5:00 pm -
Girls Varsity Basketball @ Nokomis High School
Nokomis High School, 511 Oberle St, Nokomis
6:00 pm -
Pana Community Hospital Pop UP Market November →
Pana Community Hospital, 101 E 9th St, Pana
10:00 am -
Chair Yoga @ Litchfield Community Center – Litchfield, IL →
Litchfield Community Center, 1100 S State St, Litchfield
10:00 am
Wednesday November 11
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- SmartStyle Salons posted a job opening for Stylist in Taylorville. Apply here.
- Scooter's Coffee posted a job opening for Barista in Taylorville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nokomis here.
🗞 Nearby News
Pana
- Council honors Chief Bland, moves projects forward, and ques... (breezecourier.com)
- Pana Electoral Board sustains objection to Katie McKenna's c... (breezecourier.com)
Hillsboro
- Connie S. Jones (Vollintine), 73 (thejournal-news.net)
Taylorville
- Taylorville school board reviews assessment gains, tax levy ... (breezecourier.com)
- Taylorville School Board Presented Plans For New Tennis Courts (taylorvilledailynews.com)
- Local loyalty or lower costs? Taylorville officials weigh in... (breezecourier.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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