Community Corner
🌱 Library Board Meeting and 10 more events
Also, don't miss MAD SCIENTIST: Strawberry DNA Extraction on the Carter Lake Patch calendar
What's up Carter Lake! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
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Coming up on the calendar:
- MAD SCIENTIST: Strawberry DNA Extraction
- Library Board Meeting
- Little Free Costume Closet
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.
- Friday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 85, low: 64.
- Saturday: Sunny, windy and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.
📸 Around Carter Lake
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Carter Lake
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★ Featured events ★
- MAD SCIENTIST: Strawberry DNA Extraction →
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1:30 pm
Monday October 12
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Other local events
- Library Board Meeting →
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4:00 pm - Little Free Costume Closet →
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Monday October 12
Saturday October 31
📣 Carter Lake Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- New Mexico School for the Deaf at Iowa School for the Deaf →
Council Bluffs IA - Costume Night at Cochran Park →
Cochran Park, 100 S 21st St, Council Bluffs
6:00 pm - Friday Movie Night at the Orchard: Scooby-Doo (2002 Spooky Island) →
Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard, 19475 225th St, Council Bluffs
7:25 pm - Fall Arts and Crafts Show →
Mid-America Center, 1 Arena Way, Council Bluffs - Pumpkin Festival at Ditmars Orchard →
Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard, 19475 225th St, Council Bluffs - Council Bluffs Walk to End Alzheimer's →
Iowa Western Community College Wellness Center, 2700 College Road, Council Bluffs
9:00 am - Mid-America Arts and Crafts Show →
1 Arena Way, Council Bluffs
9:00 am - Walk to End Alzheimer's →
Iowa Western Community College, 2700 College Road, Council Bluffs
9:00 am - Heroes on the Water Omaha Chapter →
Lake Manawa Sailing Association, 812 Comanche Street, Council Bluffs
10:00 am
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Verizon posted a job opening for Retail Sales Representative - Verizon in Carter Lake. Apply here.
- Nebraska Methodist Health System posted a job opening for Stock Clerk I - Distributing - Evenings in Council Bluffs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Carter Lake here.
🗞 Nearby News
Council Bluffs
- Annex Group Opens 192-Unit Affordable Housing Community in Council Bluffs, Iowa (rebusinessonline.com)
- Unleash Council Bluffs drives tourism and year-round marketing (nonpareilonline.com)
- Breast cancer awareness month proclamation supports local patients (nonpareilonline.com)
Underwood
- Underwood seeking balance, No. 2 seed in 1A District 8 as they hit the road to Shenandoah (kmaland.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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