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🌱 Patch AM: How Channahon is rallying around a family after a devastating fire
And on the Channahon Patch calendar - Bring Your Grandparent to BINGO
Greetings Channahon! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Channahon is rallying around a family after a devastating fire
- Big-name cross country teams are heading to Channahon this Saturday
Also on today's calendar: Junk in the Trunk Flea Market in Morris and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 74 and low of 67 degrees.
- Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 78, low: 64.
- Friday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Giant Fire Consumes Channahon Family Of 4's House In Hunters Crossing Subdivision: Fire District (patch.com) — A pre-dawn fire on West Winding Oak Trail destroyed a Channahon family's home, though everyone and their pets escaped without injury. Multiple area departments helped battle the blaze, now deemed accidental, and Hive Kitchen in Channahon has launched a Hunters Crossing Fire Donations fundraiser to collect money and essentials for the displaced family of four. 
• Led by 22 Rockford-area runners, who stepped up at First to the Finish? (rrstar.com) — Channahon's Ronald Lehman Community Park will host the Minooka Flights Races this Saturday, drawing top high school cross country teams from around Illinois. Rockford-area runners just tested themselves at Peoria's First to the Finish Invitational and now turn their focus to Channahon and then the Winnebago Invitational as the season intensifies.
📸 Around Channahon
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Channahon
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★ Featured events ★
- Bring Your Grandparent to BINGO →
Arrowhead Community Center, 24856 W Eames Street, Channahon
5:30 pm
Saturday September 26
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Other local events
- Movies in the Park Make up Date / Zootopia 2/ Diane
Morris Area Public Library, 604 Liberty Street, Morris
6:00 pm - The Next Chapter Gala (Three Rivers Library District) →
Channahon, IL Calendar, 25055 W Walnut Lane, Channahon
6:00 pm - Junk in the Trunk Flea Market in Morris →
Morris Plaza, 100 West Commercial Dr.-Morris, IL
9:00 am - Village Board Meeting →
Channahon, IL Calendar, 24555 S. NAVAJO Drive, Channahon
6:00 pm - Our Voices, Our Minds: Bipoc Youth Navigating Discrimination In Education →
North Central College, 131 S Loomis St, Naperville
5:00 pm - Sights, Sips & Sounds →
Four Rivers Environmental Education Center, S Blackberry Ln, Channahon
9:00 am - Board Of Commissioners Regular Meeting →
Arrowhead Community Center, 24856 W Eames Street, Channahon
5:00 pm
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
Monday September 21
Wednesday September 23
Friday September 25
Monday September 28
📣 Channahon Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Morris: Bingo →
Saratoga Towers, 1700 Newton Place, Morris
11:00 am - Joliet Arts Commission Meeting →
Joliet IL
5:00 pm - AITC Meeting →
Will County Farm Bureau, 100 Manhattan Road, Joliet
6:00 pm - Will County Beekeepers Meet →
Will County Farm Bureau, 100 Manhattan Road, Joliet
7:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Channahon PatchAM possible:
- Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290
- Kiddie Kampus Learning Center, Inc. — (815) 467-9890
- Fred C. Dames Funeral Home and Crematory
- Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
- Not Another Pizza Joint — 815-828-5298
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Obituary: Marilyn Beatrice Tarizzo —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: Matthew David Crosser —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: Victor Lamont Jones —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Obituary: Jorie Thompson (nee Dieter) —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
- Loves posted a job opening for Retail Customer Service Cashier in Channahon. Apply here.
- IntelyCare posted a job opening for Activity Aide in Shorewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Channahon here.
🗞 Nearby News
Shorewood
- Lindsay Rozner Captured By Wilmington Police After Family's Facebook Plea Over Weekend, 21 Pending Charges (patch.com)
- New property tax incentive program takes first steps at City Council meeting (whig.com)
- A Players (schoollibraryjournal.com)
Wilmington
- Joliet Woman, 40, Lands In Will County Jail After Violent Outburst On South Park Road: Sheriff (patch.com)
- Vedette football roundup: Peotone, Crete-Monee, Manteno all win (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
Ok Channahon! 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: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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