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🌱 Patch AM: How thousands of mussels are quietly cleaning Salt Creek in Oak Brook

And check out Brain Fair on the Oak Brook Patch calendar

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Good morning to you Oak Brook! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How thousands of mussels are quietly cleaning Salt Creek in Oak Brook

Also on today's calendar: Brain Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 78, low: 58.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• DuPage County using freshwater mussels to help keep rivers and streams clean (cbsnews.com) — Salt Creek in Oak Brook is getting a quiet boost from thousands of freshwater mussels released just upstream of Graue Mill by DuPage County ecologists. The Forest Preserve District's decade-long program breeds mussels in a local lab, then "Johnny Appleseeds" them into area waterways to naturally filter pollution and strengthen struggling river ecosystems.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook

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Other local events
    Sunday August 23
  • Volunteer Restoration Workday
    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County West DuPage Woods
    9:00 am
  • House Tour: Back to School in the 1890s
    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Kline Creek Farm
    10:00 am
  • Stars and Stripes: Our American Flag
    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County St. James Farm
    11:00 am
  • Tomato Taste Test!
    Sustain DuPage Garden Main St, Wheaton, IL 60187
    2:00 pm
    • Monday August 24
  • House Tour: Back to School in the 1890s
    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Kline Creek Farm
    10:00 am
  • Time To Go Chorin'
    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Kline Creek Farm
    1:30 pm
    • Thursday August 27
  • Celebrate National Pork Chop Day Thursday, August 27 at Perry's Steakhouse & Grille →
    Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, 5 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
    4:00 pm
    • Saturday August 29
  • Rivian Community: Back To School Celebration →
    Rivian, 622 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
    10:00 am
    • Thursday September 3
  • Tony Laughlin Memorial Fund 4th Annual RAD Golf Fest →
    3500 Midwest Rd, Oak Brook
    10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Hinsdale

  • Upset Clarendon Hills Residents Blame Golf Club For Flooding (patch.com)
  • Fundraiser Launched For Mom Who Died Saving Son In River (patch.com)
  • Hilario Sanchez and St. Laurence were 89 seconds away from soccer state title. This time? 'I feel greatness.' (chicagotribune.com)

Westmont

Western Springs

  • Western Springs Officials Chide High School Over Proposed Construction (patch.com)

Ok Oak Brook! 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: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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