🌱 DeKalb Cinco de Mayo and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dessert and Dialogue: Exploring how shared stories shape us at Sycamore Park District Community Center
• 2nd and 3rd Spring Sing @HMS at Huntley Middle School
• DeKalb Cinco de Mayo at Frank Van Buer Plaza

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 80 and low of 42 degrees.
• Saturday: Turning sunny; windy, cooler, temps: high: 50, low: 34.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, windy and cool, with a high of 51 and low of 27 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cortland

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 30

• Dessert and Dialogue: Exploring how shared stories shape us
  Sycamore Park District Community Center, 480 Airport Rd, Sycamore
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• 2nd and 3rd Spring Sing @HMS
  Huntley Middle School , 1515 S 4th St , DeKalb
  7:00 pm

Sunday May 3

• DeKalb Cinco de Mayo
  Frank Van Buer Plaza , 148-198 N 2nd St , DeKalb
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Southeast Elementary School - Fun Fair
  Sycamore High School Sycamore, IL 60178
  5:30 pm

Monday April 20

• Battle of the Books Match
  West Elemetary School Sycamore, IL 60178
  4:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Lily Lake Grade School , 275 South St , Burlington
  6:00 pm
• 7/8 Band Concert
  Sycamore High School Sycamore, IL 60178
  7:30 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Spring Sing
  Littlejohn Elementary Dekalb, IL 60115
  5:00 pm
• Yoga class - Move Me Yoga
  Maple Park Civic Center , 306 Willow St , Maple Park
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Police Pension Board
  Sycamore, IL Calendar , 308 W State Street , Sycamore
  5:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Kaneland Varsity Baseball @ Sycamore
  Sycamore High School , 427 Spartan Trail , Sycamore
  4:30 pm
• Rochelle Varsity Softball @ Kaneland
  Kaneland High School , 47w326 Keslinger Rd , Maple Park
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lowe's posted a job opening for Seasonal Receiver Stocker Days in Dekalb. Apply here.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Crew Member in Dekalb. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cortland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

DeKalb

• DeKalb Council Reviews Changes To City Boards And Commissions (1023thecoyote.net)
• ‘I take pride': Lil C's Mini Cheesecakes brings homemade desserts to DeKalb (northernstar.info)
• DeKalb County Tourism Bureau Highlights Record Economic Impact (1023thecoyote.net)

Sycamore

• Daywatch: Illinois unions rally against driverless vehicle bill (chicagotribune.com)

Geneva

• Geneva Church Plans Spring Rummage Sale (patch.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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