🌱 Mount Pleasant Festival of Lights and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Mount Pleasant Festival of Lights

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 59 and low of 36 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 46, low: 27.
• Friday: Periods of sun, with a high of 42 and low of 25 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salem

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 26

• Mount Pleasant Festival of Lights →
  Midwest Old Threshers Campground, 405 E Thresher Rd, Mt Pleasant
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Coffee Club →
  West Point IA
  9:00 am

Thursday November 12

• Geri Fit →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm
• FFA Labor Auction
  Central Lee Middle School Donnellson, IA 52625
  5:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Mahjong →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Preschool Story Time →
  West Point IA
  10:00 am
• Monday Tech Time →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm
• Geri-Fit →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• 3 on 3 BINGO →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm

Wednesday November 18

• BINGO →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Thursday Tech Time →
  West Point IA
  1:00 pm
• Girls Basketball: Central Lee vs Holy Trinity Catholic Fort Madison
  Central Lee Middle School Donnellson, IA 52625
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• GPAC posted a job opening for Licensed Funeral Director | Embalmer in Danville. Apply here.
• Alliant Energy posted a job opening for Gas Mechanic Welder Journey or Apprentice in Fairfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Salem here.

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🗞 Nearby News

New London

• New London winter sports schedules (southeastiowaunion.com)
• Teddie ‘Ted' Owen Reese (paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com)

Fairfield

• Main Street Fairfield receives $100,000 Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant (southeastiowaunion.com)
• Fairfield Public Library book sale runs through Nov. 14 (southeastiowaunion.com)
• Former Fairfield teacher sentenced to up to 7 years for grooming, sexual exploitation (cbs2iowa.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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