Community Corner
🌱 Primary: Coffee and Community and 11 more events
Happening soon: Board of Directors Meeting on the Washington Park Patch calendar

Hello Washington Park! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 87 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 88, low: 69.
- Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 64 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Primary: Coffee and Community
Elementary West School 17366 W Gages Lake Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030, USA
8:00 am - Board of Directors Meeting
O'Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce We currently meet at O'Fallon City Hall Council Chambers. 255 S. Lincoln, O'Fallon
8:15 am - Board of Fire and Police Commission →
Belleville, IL Calendar, 101 South Illinois Street, Belleville
9:00 am - Restaurant Roulette →
O'Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce Restaurants may vary each time we host this event.
11:30 am - Golf: Boys Varsity MADCO GOLF TOURNAMENT vs TBA vs. TBA (Away)
Roxana Cusd 1 Belk Park Golf Club
1:00 pm - Whiteside v. Shiloh Baseball
Whiteside Middle School Belleville, IL 62221
4:00 pm - Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Waterloo
East Alton-Wood River High Sch Waterloo High School, 505 E Bulldog, Waterloo, IL 62298, USA
4:00 pm - Whiteside v. Shiloh Softball
Whiteside Middle School Belleville, IL 62221
4:00 pm - Softball Home Mascoutah
O Fallon CCSD 90 Carriel
4:00 pm - JV Baseball Away Mascoutah - Scheve Park
O Fallon CCSD 90 Scheve Park
4:00 pm - AWAY Softball vs West Junior High
PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 West Junior High
4:15 pm - AWAY Baseball vs West Junior High
PONTIAC-W HOLLIDAY SD 105 West Junior High
4:15 pm
Thursday August 20
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🗞 Nearby News
East St. Louis
- Father of four reported missing in East St. Louis (bnd.com)
- How kids help grow 30,000 pounds of produce in a food desert (farmprogress.com)
- Nun, a former metro-east teacher, dies after second fatal crash in Belleville (bnd.com)
Sauget
- Graham Foundation Announces 45 New Grants for Projects Expanding Architectural Discourse in 2026 (archdaily.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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