🌱 LEGO Free Play and Are You Game? and 10 more events

Hi Washburn! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• LEGO Free Play at Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Roanoke Branch
• LEGO Free Play and Are You Game? at Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Washburn Branch
• Senior Social Hour at Illinois Prairie District Public Library

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 79, low: 62.
• Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.

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📸 Around Washburn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Washburn

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• LEGO Free Play
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Roanoke Branch, 123 E Broad St, Roanoke
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday April 27

• LEGO Free Play and Are You Game?
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Washburn Branch , 104 W Magnolia St , Washburn
  3:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• LEGO Free Play
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library , 208 E Partridge St , Metamora
  3:30 pm

Thursday April 30

• Senior Social Hour
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library , 208 E Partridge St , Metamora
  9:00 am

Tuesday May 5

• LEGO Free Play
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library , 208 E Partridge St , Metamora
  3:30 pm

Thursday May 7

• Silent Book Club
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library , 208 E Partridge St , Metamora
  4:00 pm

Monday May 11

• LEGO Free Play and Are You Game?
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Washburn Branch , 104 W Magnolia St , Washburn
  3:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• IPDPL Board of Trustees Meeting
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Washburn Branch , 104 W Magnolia St , Washburn
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Freshman Baseball vs Canton
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  4:15 pm
• Freshman Baseball at Canton
  Canton High School , 1001 N Main St , Canton
  4:15 pm
• Varsity Baseball vs Canton
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  4:15 pm
• Softball at NCHS
  Normal Community High School , 3900 E Raab Rd , Normal
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Illinois Association Of School posted a job opening for Band/Music Teacher Grades 4-8 in Chillicothe. Apply here.
• Allied Universal posted a job opening for Security Officer - Vehicle Patrol in Chillicothe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Washburn here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Metamora

• Vote for Peoria Journal Star boys athlete of the week for April 13-18, presented by CEFCU (pjstar.com)
• SIU fashion studies students take center stage with fashion, merchandising concepts (ibjonline.com)

Chillicothe

• Bob and Mary Allington (thecounty-chronicle.com)
• Evan Mitchell speaks on the process of getting a skateboard park in Taylorville (nprillinois.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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