🌱 Card Making and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Toddler Playtime at Rantoul Public Library
• Card Making

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 83 and low of 60 degrees.
• Saturday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 81, low: 62.
• Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gifford

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday June 23

• Toddler Playtime →
  Rantoul Public Library, 106 W Flessner Ave, Rantoul
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday July 2

• Card Making →
  Rantoul Public Library, 106 W Flessner Ave, Rantoul
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Play with 20+ Adoptable Cats! →
  The Scratching Post CU, 114 E University Ave, Champaign
  8:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration →
  Champaign Public Library - Douglass Branch, 504 E Grove St, Champaign
  12:00 pm
• Paint Together
  Rantoul Public Library 106 West Flessner Avenue, Rantoul, IL 61866
  2:00 pm

Sunday June 14

• Sunday Wine Down w/ PBS — Alto Vineyards →
  Alto Vineyards Champaign, 4210 N Duncan Rd, Champaign
  2:00 pm

Wednesday June 17

• Pearson Vue Testing →
  Ludlow CCSD 142 Ludlow, IL 60949
• Movie Matinee
  Rantoul Public Library 106 West Flessner Avenue, Rantoul, IL 61866
  1:00 pm
• Bean Mosaics
  Rantoul Public Library 106 West Flessner Avenue, Rantoul, IL 61866
  6:00 pm

Thursday June 18

• Young Adult Paint and Snack
  Rantoul Public Library 106 West Flessner Avenue, Rantoul, IL 61866
  3:30 pm
• Regular School Board Meeting
  Rantoul City SD 137 Rantoul, IL 61866
  6:00 pm

Friday June 19

• Juneteenth National Independence Day →
  Rantoul, IL Calendar Rantoul, IL 61866

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Officials issued a brief public safety alert after a small amount of mercury was improperly disposed of at a lab on the University of Illinois campus.
  11:37AM on Jun 10: Officials report hazardous material release on the University of Illinois campus, urging people to avoid the area. (Nextdoor )

• United Natural Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Maintenance Associate (Day Shift) in Urbana. Apply here.
• Blain's Farm & Fleet posted a job opening for Stocking Crew Associate in Urbana. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gifford here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Rantoul

• Eisenmenger is latest local product to say 'yes' to the Illini (news-gazette.com)
• Route 66 Turns Into America's Biggest Car Show as Power Tour Heads South (hotrod.com)

St. Joseph

• Balanced offense propels SJ-O baseball to state (news-gazette.com)
• Volo aiming to get high-speed internet to all of rural Champaign County over next 5 years (news-gazette.com)

Urbana

• Champaign-Urbana Weekend Planner - When Summer Heats Up (chambanamoms.com)
• Champaign Urbana Theatre Company Presents: Ragtime The Musical (chambanamoms.com)

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