🌱 West Frankfort students explore teaching careers at SIU

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• West Frankfort students explore teaching careers at SIU

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A stray morning thundershower, with a high of 71 and low of 41 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 53, low: 34.
• Friday: Chilly with some sun, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Hundreds of students coming to SIU for Future Teachers Day on Nov. 13 (siu.edu) — West Frankfort High School students have registered for SIU’s Future Teachers Day in Carbondale on Friday, Nov. 13, joining more than 400 aspiring educators. The event offers hands-on workshops and a resource fair to help students explore teaching careers as the university works to address the teacher shortage.
   

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📸 Around West Frankfort

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Food On The Move | Community of Christ (Thompsonville, IL) →
  Community of Christ Thompsonville, IL, 3663 Chestnut St, Thompsonville
  11:00 am
• JH BB @ Akin
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Trivia Night @ JAL College
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  7:00 pm

Monday November 16

• JH GB vs Elverado
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:15 pm

Tuesday November 17

• JH GB @ Adams (varsity only)
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:00 pm
• Trivia Night Fundraiser for the Friends of the Herrin City Library →
  Tony Galines Memorial Meeting Room at Herrin City Library, Herrin
  5:00 pm
• JH BB @ Adams
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:45 pm

Wednesday November 18

• JH GB vs Trico
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Illinois 3 hour Concealed Carry Renewal Class →
  Extreme Exigency, 9911 River Bend Rd, Benton
  5:00 pm
• JH BB vs Elverado
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:00 pm
• JH GB @ OLMC
  Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 Zeigler, IL 62999
  5:30 pm

Friday November 20

• PreThanksgiving Parade
  North Side Primary Center, 601 N 17th St, Herrin
  1:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Rollnup posted a job opening for Cashier in Johnston City. Apply here.
• Pepsi MidAmerica Company posted a job opening for Sales Merchandiser in Benton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Frankfort here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Benton

• Athalia Taylor-Benton, IL (franklincounty-news.com)
• Donation helps Franklin County replace K9 lost to illness (thesouthern.com)
• Thomas Ray Arpasi-Benton, Illinois (franklincounty-news.com)

Marion

• Marion council swears in officers, hears pitch for spay and neuter project (thesouthern.com)
• Kokopelli Golf Club offering free golf to veterans on Veterans Day - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News (kbsi23.com)
• Carbondale dinner celebrates veterans ahead of holiday (thesouthern.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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