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🌱 Trunk - N - Treat and 11 more events
Happening soon: Junk in the Trunk at Finders Flea Mart on the Rockdale Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Junk in the Trunk at Finders Flea Mart at Finders Flea
- Witching Hour Masquerade Ball at Renaissance Center
- MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center at Joliet Junior College Event Center
... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.
- Wednesday: High clouds and warm, temps: high: 76, low: 50.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rockdale
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★ Featured events ★
- Junk in the Trunk at Finders Flea Mart →
Finders Flea, 503 Grundy St, Mazon
9:00 am - Witching Hour Masquerade Ball →
Renaissance Center, 214 N Ottawa St, Joliet
6:00 pm - MEN WHO COOK for the Will County Children's Advocacy Center →
Joliet Junior College Event Center, 1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
6:00 pm - Mission: Run 5K Run & Walk →
St. Joseph School, 275 W North St, Manhattan
8:00 am - Eve Of Haunted Destruction →
Dirt Oval Route 66, 3200 S Chicago St, Joliet
3:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Girls Basketball vs. Laraway
Rockdale School District 84, 715 Meadow Ave, Rockdale
4:15 pm - Trunk - N - Treat →
First Presbyterian Church, 805 Western Ave, Joliet
6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
Wednesday October 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Pumpkin Fest →
Siegel's Cottonwood Farm, 17250 Weber Rd., Crest Hill
10:00 am - District 86 Student Mobile Vaccination Clinic
Joliet PSD 86, 406 Burke Dr, Joliet
3:00 pm - GBB @ Jane Addams
Jane Addams Middle School, 905 Lily Cache Ln, Bolingbrook
4:15 pm - Care Night at Christ Community Church Joliet →
Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce Industry, 1516 Edgerton Dr, Joliet
6:30 pm - State of the University of St. Francis & Student Success Center Ribbon Cutting →
Joliet IL - Nidec ECM Motors →
3300 Corporate Drive, Joliet - Frank Sinatra Tribute →
Jacob Henry Mansion, 20 S. Eastern, Joliet
10:30 am - Frank Sinatra Tribute at the The Jacob Henry Mansion Estate →
The Jacob Henry Mansion Estate, 15 Richards Street, Joliet
11:00 am - Prime Timers Meeting →
Will County Farm Bureau, 100 Manhattan Road, Joliet
1:30 pm - GBB @ Channahon
Channahon Junior High School, 24917 W Sioux Dr, Channahon
4:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
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🗞 Nearby News
Lockport
- HOTWORX fitness studio coming to Lockport (shawlocal.com)
New Lenox
- New Lenox Man, 49, Threatened Cops, Cut Off Contact During Multi-Hour Incident: Police (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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