🌱 LEGO Free Play and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Story Time
• LEGO Free Play
• Marquette vs Roanoke-Benson

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 55 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and less humid, temps: high: 69, low: 44.
• Saturday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Roanoke

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Story Time →
  Roanoke
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• LEGO Free Play →
  Roanoke IL
  10:00 am
Thursday October 22
• Marquette vs Roanoke-Benson →
  Roanoke IL
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Senior Social Hour →
  Metamora IL
  9:00 am
• Silent Book Club →
  Metamora IL
  4:00 pm
• FHS Boys/Girls Cross Country @ Normal West JV Invite
  Fieldcrest High School Minonk, IL 61760
  4:15 pm
• SOCCER-V Boys @ Serena (Game) →
  Eureka High School Away - Serena
  4:30 pm
• VOLLEYBALL-F Girls @ Dee Mack (Game) →
  DEE MACK Away -
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball vs Dunlap
  Metamora Township High School, 101 W Madison St, Metamora
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball-F Girls - VS TriValley (Game) →
  HOME - Titan Center
  5:00 pm
• Basketball-7th Girls @ Prairie Central (Game) →
  Away - PRAIRIE CENTRAL
  5:30 pm
• FOOTBALL-F Boys - VS Dee Mack (Game) →
  McCollum Field HOME -
  5:30 pm

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• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Metamora. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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