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🌱 Paxton plans park borrowing as pool repairs pile up
Paxton, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Paxton! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Paxton plans park borrowing as pool repairs pile up
- Solar panels and hay would share Paxton’s Baltimore Drive site
Also on today's calendar: All You Can Eat Chicken Noodle Dinner - Paxton ERS and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 62 and low of 39 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 48, low: 31.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Paxton Park District to sell general obligation bonds (fordcountychronicle.com) — Paxton Park District plans to borrow up to $400,000 for capital projects, including repairs to Coady Park’s swimming pool. Pool filters, electrical components and lighting need work, board President Craig Kief said. The board will pursue bank discussions as it finishes identifying priorities after two years without anticipated bond financing. 
• Panamint gets loan for North America's largest solar brownfield (solarbuildermag.com) — A planned community solar farm on Baltimore Drive would share about 35 acres with continued hay production in Paxton. Lightstar Renewables says the City Council has approved an annexation agreement for the 4.95-megawatt project. The developer says the arrangement will keep tax revenue in the city and offer savings to local subscribers.
📸 Around Paxton
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Upcoming Events in
Paxton
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★ Featured events ★
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Meet Our First Responders →
Paxton firehouse, 310 N. Market St., Paxton
11:00 am
Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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All You Can Eat Chicken Noodle Dinner - Paxton ERS →
Paxton ERS Station, Paxton
4:30 pm -
STI & HIV Testing Clinic (walk-ins welcome!) →
Ford County Public Health Department, 1500 W Ottawa, Paxton
9:00 am -
Jimm Wood at Prairie City Wine Room →
Prairie City Wine Room, Paxton
6:00 pm -
Not Petty at The Uptown Tavern →
The Uptown Tavern, 130 S Market St, Paxton
7:00 pm -
Prairieland CEO Community Chili Cookoff →
Pueblo Lindo Event Center, 615 N. Railroad Ave., Paxton
3:00 pm -
Thanksgiving Day - Closed →
Ford County Public Health Department, 1500 W Ottawa, Paxton -
Closed →
Ford County Public Health Department, 1500 W Ottawa, Paxton -
Whipped Tallow Party →
Prairie City Wine Room, 155 North Market Street, Paxton
1:00 pm
Thursday November 19
Friday November 20
Sunday November 22
Thursday November 26
Friday November 27
Saturday December 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Charcuterie Board part 2 →
511 N. Second St., Cissna Park -
Become a Dementia Friend
Rantoul Public Library, 106 West Flessner Avenue, Rantoul
10:00 am -
Words, Power, and Community: Dr. Eve L. Ewing
Rantoul Public Library, 106 West Flessner Avenue, Rantoul
7:00 pm
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Supervisor - Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUSD #10 in Paxton. Apply here.
- GPAC posted a job opening for Custom Applicator in Paxton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Paxton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Rantoul
- Rantoul, Mahomet police pursue 25-year training agreement (news-gazette.com)
- New Morrow Plots Gate Unveiled as Historic Research Site Marks 150 Years (morningagclips.com)
- Champaign Co. men sentenced for bank fraud conspiracy ‘failed to make any money from the scheme' (wcia.com)
Fisher
- Notice of Public Hearing Administrative Costs Waiver November 1 (news-gazette.com)
- The News-Gazette's Athletes of the Week: Huff and Hardin lead Mahomet-Seymour, Unity to postseason victories (news-gazette.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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