🌱 Community support brings Southern View’s Curve Inn back after fire

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• Community support brings Southern View’s Curve Inn back after fire

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A thundershower in spots, with a high of 65 and low of 41 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 48, low: 30.
• Friday: Mainly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 44 and low of 24 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Community helps Curve Inn rebuild after fire (bnd.com) — Southern View’s Curve Inn has reopened nearly nine months after a fire, with all 48 employees returning, according to co-owner Ami Merchant. Community fundraising helped cover six weeks of employee pay and supported the rebuilding effort at 3219 S. Sixth St., though work remains on the beer garden’s cover.
   

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📸 Around Southern View

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Southern View

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Friday November 13

• Boys Varsity Basketball
  Springfield Southeast High Sch, 2350 E Ash St, Springfield
  6:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Empower All Abilities Conference
  Springfield Ball Charter School, 2350 E Ash St, Springfield
  8:00 am

Thursday November 19

• Family Math Night
  Southern View Elem School, 3338 S 5th St, Springfield
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Illinois Education and Technology Conference 2026 (IETC) →
  Bank of Springfield Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza, Springfield
  8:00 am
• Free HIV/HCV/STD Testing →
  The Phoenix Center, 109 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield
  9:00 am
• Pride Store & Coffee Bar →
  Out on Second, 120 E Scarritt St, Springfield
  9:00 am
• Girls Middle School Basketball @ Lincoln Magnet School
  U S Grant Middle School, 2530 E. Ash, Springfield
  4:30 pm
• Illinois Route 66 Scenic Centennial Celebration & Concert →
  Route 66 Motorheads Bar-Grill-Museum, 600 Toronto Rd, Springfield
  5:00 pm
• Pastries and Coffee - Springfield →
  520 S. Livingston St., Springfield
  5:30 pm
• Al Kitchen and Tricia Giacomini →
  Mother Road Diner, Route 66 Hotel & Conference Center, 625 E. St. Joseph St., Springfield
  6:00 pm
• Dungeons & Dragons →
  Out on Second, 120 E Scarritt St, Springfield
  6:00 pm
• High School Wingsgiving →
  Buffalo Wild Wings, 2808 North Dirksen Parkway, Springfield
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

• Grand reopening held for The Curve Inn in Springfield about eight months after a damaging fire (route66news.com)
• Memorial Health looks to expand Springfield presence with new rehab facility (wcia.com)
• Springfield restaurants offer free Veterans Day meals (sj-r.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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