🌱 Senior Social Hour and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Senior Social Hour at Illinois Prairie District Public Library
• Scholastic Bowl @ Pleasant Plains Tournament at Pleasant Plains Middle School
• Jazz Night @ The Barn III at Eureka Middle School

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, breezy and warm, with a high of 83 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., temps: high: 53, low: 35.
• Sunday: Breezy with plenty of sun, with a high of 55 and low of 32 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eureka

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 30

• Senior Social Hour
  Illinois Prairie District Public Library, 208 E Partridge St, Metamora
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Scholastic Bowl @ Pleasant Plains Tournament
  Pleasant Plains Middle School , 2455 N Farmingdale Rd , Pleasant Plains
  8:00 am

Thursday April 23

• Jazz Night @ The Barn III
  Eureka Middle School Eureka, IL 61530
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Girls Track at Bloomington
  Bloomington High School , 1202 E Locust St , Bloomington
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Softball vs Lincoln
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  4:30 pm
• Girls JV Soccer vs Richwoods
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  5:00 pm
• JV Softball vs Lincoln
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Softball vs IVC
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  6:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Soccer vs Richwoods
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  6:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Boys Varsity Tennis Quad with Macomb, Sterling and Washington
  Metamora Township High School , 101 W Madison St , Metamora
  8:30 am
• Spring Fling Craft & Vendor Show
  Gospelife Washington , 1113 Peoria St. , Washington
  9:00 am
• Berry Basket Clay Hand Building Class
  The Clay Den , 2409 Washington Rd , Washington
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Eureka College posted a job opening for Director of Residence Life / Assistant Dean of Students in Eureka. Apply here.
• Mr. Handyman International, LLC posted a job opening for Drywaller / Carpentry in Eureka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eureka here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Metamora

• SIU fashion studies students take center stage with fashion, merchandising concepts (wsiu.org)

Washington

• Lauren Betts is the No. 4 WNBA draft pick, shop her new Washington Mystics jersey (pjstar.com)
• Trump: Israel and Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire (wcia.com)
• Exclusive: Pentagon ramps up planning for possible military ops in Cuba (pjstar.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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