🌱 Veterans Day Celebration – Pearl City and 11 more events
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Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: A couple of showers; cooler, with a high of 57 and low of 37 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with clouds and sun, temps: high: 45, low: 30.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 43 and low of 26 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Veterans Day Celebration – Pearl City →
Pearl City School, 100 S Summit St, Pearl City
8:30 am -
Blood Drive - Lanark →
Eastland High School, 500 School Dr., Lanark
1:00 pm -
American Red Cross Blood Drive Sponsored by FFA
Eastland CUSD #308, 500 School Dr, Lanark
1:00 pm -
JH BBB @ Chadwick
Chadwick Milledgeville School, 19 School St, Chadwick
4:00 pm -
JH Boys Basketball (6th) vs Polo
FORRESTVILLE VALLEY CUSD 221 Forreston, IL USA
5:00 pm -
JH Boys Basketball (7th & 8th) vs AFC
FORRESTVILLE VALLEY CUSD 221 Ashton, IL USA
4:00 pm -
JH 8th BBB @ PC Invitational (vs PC)
Pearl City Elementary-Middle-High School, 100 S Summit St, Pearl
8:00 pm -
JH 8th BBB @ PC Invitational TBA
Pearl City Elementary-Middle-High School, 100 S Summit St, Pearl -
HS Wrestling @ Dekalb Tourn T
DeKalb High School, 501 W Dresser Rd, DeKalb
9:00 am -
HS Esport @ Fremd HS Veteran's Day Invite (Dave & Busters Schaumbur
Eastland CUSD #308, 601 N Martingale Rd, Schaumburg
10:00 am -
HS Scholastic @ Bergstrom State Line Quiz Bowl
Eastland CUSD #308, 118 N Main St, Rockford
1:00 pm -
JH Academic Bowl @ AFC
FORRESTVILLE VALLEY CUSD 221 Ashton, IL USA
3:30 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Monday November 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ISSA posted a job opening for Fitness Director in Freeport. Apply here.
- KFC posted a job opening for ShiftSupervisor-Freeport,IL in Freeport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Shannon here.
🗞 Nearby News
Freeport
- Freeport father wins $1 million Illinois Lottery jackpot (mystateline.com)
- Freeport, IL, Launches New City Website on the Revize Builder Platform (prlog.org)
- Free film screening explores the unique Driftless Area (journalstandard.com)
Lena
- Stephenson County Fair board adds four new members (journalstandard.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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