🌱 Where Zion residents can donate holiday shoeboxes for children overseas
Zion, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readMorning Zion! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Where Zion residents can donate holiday shoeboxes for children overseas
- Zion’s lakefront hotel gets a fresh start as The Dunes
- Remembering Jannis Emanuelson, Zion native and former innkeeper
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 58 and low of 42 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 46, low: 35.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 44 and low of 32 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection Nov. 16-23 in Kenosha area (kenoshanews.com) — Zion residents can donate gift-filled shoeboxes at Meadowridge Baptist Church, 4500 IL Route 173, during Operation Christmas Child’s November 16–23 collection week. The Samaritan’s Purse program sends toys, school supplies and hygiene items to children overseas facing hardship, with packing instructions and collection hours available online. 
• The Dunes Hotel at Illinois Beach Reopens Nov. 19: Book a Stay? (deeparrival.com) — Zion’s former Illinois Beach Hotel has a new name, The Dunes, and a November 19 grand reopening celebration. The refreshed lakefront property includes renovated rooms and the year-round Breakwater Bistro, but its indoor pool remains closed because of structural deficiencies, with no reopening date announced.
• Obituary: Jannis A. Emanuelson (doorcountypulse.com) — Jannis A. Emanuelson, a Zion native who opened the Emanuelson Inn with her husband Glenn in 1979, died October 18 in Tucson at 95. A Zion-Benton Township High School alumna and mother of five, she maintained hometown ties after moving away. Her memorial service was held at Zion’s Christ Community Church.
📸 Around Zion
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Upcoming Events in
Zion
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ZCMS: Boys Basketball @ Zion Central Middle School
Zion Central Middle School, 1716 27th St, Zion
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EA: Family Math Game Night
East Elementary School
5:00 pm -
ZCMS: Boys Basketball @ Robert Abbott MS
Robert Abbott Middle School, 1319 Washington St, Waukegan
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ZCMS: Boys Basketball @ Edith Smith MS
Edith Smith Middle School, 930 New York St, Waukegan
4:00 pm -
Family Literacy Night
Oak Crest Elementary School, 38550 N Lewis Ave, Beach Park
5:30 pm
Thursday November 12
Monday November 16
Thursday November 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
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7/8 BBB VS DEERPATH
Millburn Middle School, 640 Freedom Way, Lindenhurst
4:30 pm -
7/8 GBB VS DEERPATH
Millburn Middle School, 640 Freedom Way, Lindenhurst
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ZCMS: Boys Basketball @ Zion Central Middle School
Zion Central Middle School, 1716 27th St, Zion
4:00 pm -
EA: Family Math Game Night
East Elementary School
5:00 pm -
5:01 Club Party - The Duck Inn →
The Duck Inn, 15225 W Wadsworth Rd, Wadsworth
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ZCMS: Boys Basketball @ Robert Abbott MS
Robert Abbott Middle School, 1319 Washington St, Waukegan
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6TH BBB @ BIG HOLLOW
Big Hollow Middle School, 26051 W Nippersink Rd, Ingleside
4:15 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Monday November 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Walmart posted a job opening for Food/Consumables Team Supervisor in Zion. Apply here.
- Six Flags Great America & Hurricane Harbor posted a job opening for Ride Control Technician - $28/HR in ZION. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Zion here.
🗞 Nearby News
Beach Park
- Homes with acreage in the Kenosha area, November 10 (kenoshanews.com)
Waukegan
- ‘Enough is enough': Waukegan mayor calls for sale of Vista Medical Center East (dailyherald.com)
- Waukegan firefighters retirees paid $9.3 million into their pension fund and have collected an estimated $65.3 million (lakecountygazette.com)
- When Parenting Becomes Prying (shepherdexpress.com)
Grayslake
- IL Actor Who Voiced Pillsbury Doughboy Has Died (patch.com)
- Holiday Drone Show, Parade Coming To Grayslake's Festival Of Lights (patch.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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