🌱 Breakfast with the Giraffe and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Tween Minute-to-Win-It Games at Robert R Jones Public Library | Coal Valley, IL
• Breakfast with the Giraffe
• Quad Cities Hunger Fight

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: An afternoon thundershower, temps: high: 84, low: 59.
• Sunday: Clouds breaking and breezy, with a high of 74 and low of 54 degrees.

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📸 Around Coal Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Coal Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Monday June 15

• Tween Minute-to-Win-It Games →
  Robert R Jones Public Library | Coal Valley, IL, 900 1st St, Coal Valley
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday June 20

• Breakfast with the Giraffe →
  Niabi Zoo, 13010 Niabi Zoo Rd, Coal Valley
  9:00 am

Wednesday June 24

• Quad Cities Hunger Fight →
  Quad Cities International Airport, 2200 George Kirk Drive, Moline
  12:30 pm

Tuesday July 7

• Pageturners →
  Moline Public Library, 3210 41st St, Moline
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Stories in the Gardens
  Moline Public Library 3210 41st Street, Moline, IL, 61265, US
  10:00 am
• Juneteenth presentation
  Silvis Public Library 105 8th Street, Silvis, IL 61282
  3:00 pm
• Teen Pickleball Tournament →
  City of Moline Parks and Recreation Riverside Park Pickleball Courts - 3300 5th Avenue Moline IL 6126
  5:00 pm
• Baseball: Davenport West vs Durant (Junior Varsity)
  West High School Durant High School Baseball Field
  5:00 pm
• Baseball: Davenport West vs Durant (Varsity)
  West High School Durant High School Baseball Field
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• Book Buddies: Plants
  Silvis Public Library 105 8th Street, Silvis, IL 61282
  1:00 pm
• Krafty Kids: Fatherâs Day craft Picture Frames
  Silvis Public Library 105 8th Street, Silvis, IL 61282
  3:00 pm

Sunday June 14

• Flag Day Concert →
  Moline, IL Calendar, 5001 34th Avenue, Moline
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Moline. Apply here.
• Black Hawk College posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty- Economics Instructor in Moline. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coal Valley here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Moline

• Moline 250 Celebration offers picnic, music, fun (ourquadcities.com)
• City of Moline to acquire RiverStation Building (kwqc.com)
• Brian Laufenberg Joins Moline Regional Community Foundation Board (rcreader.com)

Silvis

• Ode to the John Deere Classic (thefriedegg.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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