🌱 Tech Tuesdays and 10 more events

What's up Gardner! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Dining with Dewey Cookbook Club at Coal City Public Library District
• Tech Tuesdays at Coal City Public Library District
• Movie of the Month at Coal City Public Library District

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Periods of sun; breezy, warm, with a high of 83 and low of 46 degrees.
• Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 36.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 54 and low of 36 degrees.

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📸 Around Gardner

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gardner

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★ Featured events ★

Monday April 20

• Dining with Dewey Cookbook Club
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday April 21

• Tech Tuesdays
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Movie of the Month
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  1:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Will/Grundy R.O.S.C monthly council meeting
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  11:00 am

Thursday May 7

• Versiti Blood Drive of Illinois
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  3:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• CCPLD Board Meeting
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  6:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Early Dismissal Fun Days
  Coal City Public Library District , 85 N Garfield St , Coal City
  11:45 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• 2026 Reed-Custer Student Art Show
  Fossil Ridge Public Library , 386 W Kennedy Rd , Braidwood
  9:00 am

Tuesday April 21

• Herscher Varsity Softball @ Coal City
  Coal city High School , Northeast Illinois , Coal City
  4:30 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Academic Awards Night
  GSW Gymnasium
  5:30 pm

Monday April 27

• Lisle Varsity Softball @ Coal City
  Coal city High School , Northeast Illinois , Coal City
  4:30 pm
• Kids Can Cook-Cozy Pigs in a Blanket & Oatmeal Balls
  Fossil Ridge Public Library , 386 W Kennedy Rd , Braidwood
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Cashier Part Time in Dwight. Apply here.
• Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Porter - PT in Wilmington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gardner here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Morris

• Thomas McDermott's bat leads Bolingbrook past Plainfield East: The Herald-News Thursday Roundup (shawlocal.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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