🌱 Garbage/Recycle Pickup and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 63.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 7

• Garbage/Recycle Pickup →
  Solon, IA Calendar Solon, IA 52333
  7:00 am
• Hoover's Hometown Days
  Herbert Hoover National Park Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, City of West Branch
  12:00 pm
• Colorguard Choreo Camp
  Marion Independent School District Marion High School > Gold Gym, Marion High School > Performing Ar
  4:00 pm
• FRIDAY NIGHT MAIN EVENT RODEO →
  Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Rd SE, Iowa City
  7:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Solon City Wide Cleanup Day →
  Solon, IA Calendar Solon, IA 52333
  7:00 am
• Hoover Forum – Herbert Hoover and Postwar Europe →
  Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, 210 Parkside Dr, West Branch
  2:00 pm

Sunday August 9

• Family Nature Experience →
  Indian Creek Nature Center, 5300 Otis Rd SE, Cedar Rapids
  1:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• Beginning Band Kick-Start Lessons
  Marion Independent School District Vernon Middle School > Band Room
  8:00 am

Friday August 14

• Durant Dusk Hustle 1 Mile and 5K Run/walk →
  Durant City Park, Dutton Park, 1005 6th St, Durant
  6:45 pm

Monday August 17

• Varsity Girls Tennis - Marion vs Camanche
  Marion Independent School District Camanche High School
  4:00 pm

Tuesday August 18

• Chatty Crafters →
  Ely Public Library, 1595 Dows St, Ely
  5:00 pm

Thursday August 20

• Fiber Night →
  Wapsi Weaving, 161 N 4th St, Central City
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• River Valley Cooperative posted a job opening for Custom Applicator in Stanwood. Apply here.
• Legacy Healthcare posted a job opening for Cook in Mount Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mechanicsville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Solon

• Citywide Clean Up Day is this Saturday (soloneconomist.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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