🌱 How a Pekin duck-feeding dispute turned into a viral confrontation

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• How a Pekin duck-feeding dispute turned into a viral confrontation

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 60 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 87, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘You Can't Control Your Emotions': Karen Confronts Family at Illinois Park When They Mistakenly Feed the Ducks (thenerdstash.com) — A family outing at a Pekin park turned tense when a woman angrily confronted them for unknowingly feeding ducks, leading to a filmed exchange that went viral online. The mother stayed calm despite implied threats, telling the woman to call police if it was truly a problem. Commenters across social media have largely sided with the Pekin family’s composed response.
   

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📸 Around Pekin

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pekin

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Thursday June 4

• Baby Bounce In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Storytime Room
  10:00 am

Monday June 8

• Sign and Sing Storytime In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Storytime Room
  10:30 am
• Video Game Night
  Pekin Public Library 301 South Fourth Street, Pekin, IL 61554
  5:30 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Tech Tuesday
  Pekin Public Library 301 South Fourth Street, Pekin, IL 61554
  9:15 am
• Sensory Playtime In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Storytime Room
  10:00 am
• 4-All In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Community Room
  10:00 am
• Aspiring Writers Circle In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Flex (See Description for Location)
  6:00 pm

Wednesday June 10

• Transportation Committee
  Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce City Council Chambers
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 3

• Listen and Wiggle Storytime In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Storytime Room
  10:00 am
• Make AI Work for Local Businesses - Grow with Google
  Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dt36bSBwSFmRIJLls3wx4g
  11:00 am

Thursday June 4

• Baby Bounce In-Person
  Pekin Public Library Storytime Room
  10:00 am

Saturday June 6

• Mulligan's Island - Death After Paradise: A... →
  Zeller Banquet Center, 3401 Griffin Ave, Pekin
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Now Hiring: Traveling Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in Pekin. Apply here.
• Arby's - Sun Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Pekin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pekin here.

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🗞 Nearby News

East Peoria

• America 250 Ornament Hunt gets underway in East Peoria (wmbdradio.com)
• Washington leaders praise first responders after weekend fires (centralillinoisproud.com)
• Vote for Journal Star boys athlete of the week for May 25-30, presented by CEFCU (pjstar.com)

Morton

• Morton girls soccer one win from state bid (centralillinoisproud.com)
• Lawmakers pass bill to shield abortion information from digital medical records (shawlocal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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