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🌱 Board of Trustee Meeting and 10 more events
Coming up on the Aplington Patch calendar: Hudson Girls Varsity Volleyball @ AGWSR
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Hudson Girls Varsity Volleyball @ AGWSR
- Board of Trustee Meeting
- Stepping Up (adult exercise class)
... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: A bit of rain in the morning, with a high of 67 and low of 42 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 43.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Aplington
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★ Featured events ★
- Hudson Girls Varsity Volleyball @ AGWSR →
Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat-Rock High School, 713 Hardin St, Ackley
5:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
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Other local events
- Board of Trustee Meeting →
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3:30 pm - Stepping Up (adult exercise class) →
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9:00 am - Stepping Up →
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9:00 am - Story Time (ages 0-6) →
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10:00 am - Story Time →
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10:00 am - Stepping Up (adult exercise class) →
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9:00 am - Stepping Up →
Aplington IA
9:00 am - Preschool Story Time →
Aplington IA
10:00 am - Stepping Up →
Aplington IA
9:00 am - Stepping Up (adult exercise class) →
Aplington IA
9:00 am - Tales Around Town: Aplington Historical Society →
Aplington Historical Society, southeast end of Parriott Street, Aplington
10:00 am
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Growmark, Inc. posted a job opening for Crop Specialist - AgVantage FS - Ackley, IA in Ackley. Apply here.
- UnityPoint Health posted a job opening for LPN-Clinic in Grundy Center. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aplington here.
🗞 Nearby News
Parkersburg
- Area tennis teams advance in team regional postseason (radioonthego.com)
Iowa Falls
- Mayor Pro Tem change by Iowa Falls City officials raises questions (timescitizen.com)
- Cadets top C-G-D and are second in Pride Division (timescitizen.com)
- Preliminary Alden student count decreases (timescitizen.com)
Cedar Falls
- Eastview marching band places first in Mankato (hometownsource.com)
- A small-batch miso maker in Cedar Falls is crafting Japanese ingredients from Iowa farms (iowapublicradio.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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