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🌱 Patch AM: Meet Your New Best Friend At Kitties For Keeps Pet Adoption Event At The Alsip-Merrionette Park Library

You won't want to miss KINGS CLUB for children on the Alsip Patch calendar

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Good morning Alsip! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Find your new feline friend at the Alsip library Saturday
  • How dirty are Alsip's District 130 schools after custodian cuts?

Also on today's calendar: KINGS CLUB for children and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with a shower or two, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Friday: Nice with clouds and sun, temps: high: 76, low: 65.
  • Saturday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Meet Your New Best Friend At Kitties For Keeps Pet Adoption Event At The Alsip-Merrionette Park Library (patch.com) — Cat lovers in Alsip can meet adoptable kittens like Nova, Bean, Bubbles and Buttons at a Kitties for Keeps adoption and donation event this Saturday at the Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library. The Chicago Ridge-based rescue will showcase vaccinated, spayed or neutered cats and is also seeking foster homes and donations of food, litter, toys, and funds to support its no-kill mission.
   

• Cook County School District 130 community call for cleaner schools during Board of Education meeting (cbsnews.com) — Families in Alsip's District 130 are raising alarms about filthy school conditions after the board cut about 30 custodial positions and shifted to an outside cleaning company that has yet to fully start. Teachers, parents, and students packed a recent board meeting demanding cleaner buildings and the rehiring of union custodians, while district leaders cite background-check delays and insist student safety remains a priority.
   

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  • Plastipak Packaging, Inc. posted a job opening for Forklift Operator in Alsip. Apply here.
  • Food 4 Less Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Alsip. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alsip here.

🗞 Nearby News

Crestwood

  • District 130 Teachers, Former Custodians Raise Concerns Over School Conditions – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)

Blue Island

  • Cook County School District 130 teachers report mold and vermin following custodian layoffs (wgntv.com)
  • Meet Arthur Emanuel 'Holly' Swanson (positivelynaperville.com)

Palos Heights

Ok Alsip! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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