🌱 Remember Miller’s Main Stop? Meet the Reading shopkeeper students still adore

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• Remember Miller’s Main Stop? Meet the Reading shopkeeper students still adore

Also on today's calendar: Soul'd Out in Concert and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 74 and low of 54 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 63, low: 34.
• Sunday: Sunshine, windy and chilly, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘I work to see your smile' Jerry Miller, the man who sits on the other side of the desk (hillsdalecollegian.com) — Longtime Hillsdale College front-desk greeter Jerry Miller once called Reading home, sending his daughters to Reading Community Schools and running Miller’s Main Stop convenience store downtown in the 1970s. His story traces that journey from Reading shopkeeper to beloved mentor for students who count on his daily encouragement.
   

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📸 Around Reading

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Reading

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Waldron JV Baseball @ Reading
  Reading High School, 301 Chestnut St, Reading
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 25

• Soul'd Out in Concert
  Gospel Barn
  6:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Concord Varsity Baseball @ Reading
  Reading High School , 301 Chestnut St , Reading
  3:45 pm

Thursday April 30

• Vandercook Lake Varsity Baseball @ Reading
  Reading High School , 301 Chestnut St , Reading
  4:15 pm

Saturday May 2

• Divinity Music
  Gospel Barn
  7:00 pm

Wednesday May 6

• Morenci Varsity Baseball @ Reading
  Reading High School , 301 Chestnut St , Reading
  4:30 pm

Saturday May 9

• Justified Quartet
  Gospel Barn
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• Quincy Varsity Baseball @ Reading
  Reading High School , 301 Chestnut St , Reading
  4:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Concord Varsity Baseball @ Hillsdale
  Hillsdale Community Schools , 30 S Norwood St , Hillsdale
  4:00 pm
• Concord Varsity Softball @ Hillsdale
  Hillsdale Community Schools , 30 S Norwood St , Hillsdale
  4:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Sunday Open Plays
  1609 Lake Wilson Rd S , Hillsdale
  1:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Saturday Open Plays
  DarkFire Airsoft , 1609 Lake Wilson Rd S , Hillsdale
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Gerken Companies posted a job opening for Loader Operator in Jonesville. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep (01228) - 701 Olds St in Jonesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Reading here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hillsdale

• Great American Rodeo to bring gospel message to Hillsdale (hillsdalecollegian.com)
• New program offers faith-based internships to Hillsdale students (hillsdalecollegian.com)
• Hillsdale Hospital adds new OB-GYN as program shifts to midwife-led model (mlive.com)

Quincy

• Quincy track teams sweep Bronson and Maple Valley (wtvbam.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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