🌱 Thinking about a beachy camping trip close to Lena?

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In today's newsletter:

• Thinking about a beachy camping trip close to Lena?

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunshine; breezy, less humid, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: An afternoon thundershower, temps: high: 83, low: 56.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 13 Waterfront Campgrounds In Illinois With Swim Beaches To Visit This Year (everafterinthewoods.com) — If you’re craving a swim beach close to home, Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area near Lena offers a quiet, family-friendly lake with camping, fishing, and a designated beach open most of the summer. The guide also highlights a dozen other Illinois waterfront campgrounds, from Lake Michigan to Rend Lake, for residents planning longer getaways around the state.
   

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📸 Around Lena

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lena

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday June 28

• Blue Steel 815 →
  Coach's Golf & Grill - Stagecoach Golf Course (est. 1928), 621 W Lena St, Lena
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Lena Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Messy Masterpieces
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  10:00 am

Saturday June 13

• PAWS to Read →
  Freeport Public Library, 100 E Douglas St, Freeport
  11:00 am

Monday June 15

• Babies and Books
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  10:15 am
• Monday Murders Book Group: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  1:00 pm
• Make It Monday: Dinosaur and Bird Puzzle Painting
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  2:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

• Teen Tuesday: Mosaics
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  2:00 pm
• Board of Education - Regular Meeting
  FREEPORT SD 145 Administrative Office - 501 E. South St
  6:00 pm
• "George Roger Clark Takes the Old Northwest" by John Lynn
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  6:30 pm

Wednesday June 17

• Storytime at Debate Square →
  Freeport Public Library, 100 E Douglas St, Freeport
  10:30 am
• It's a Weird World...Aliens, part II!
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  6:30 pm

Thursday June 18

• Dinosaur Discoveries with T-Rexplorers
  Freeport Public Library 100 E. Douglas St., Freeport, IL, 61032, US
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Coborn's, Inc. posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Stockton. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Freeport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lena here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Freeport

• Tornado watch in effect until 3 p.m. for Freeport area (journalstandard.com)
• Freeport Fire Department proposes ambulance fee increase (dailydispatch.com)
• Obituaries - Chicago Catholic (chicagocatholic.com)

Winnebago

• Winnebago County deputies take on IRONMAN 70.3 Rockford (rrstar.com)
• Cooling centers available in Winnebago and Boone counties as temperatures rise (mystateline.com)
• Partners Against Crime: Cherry Valley mom prays for justice in son's 2008 murder (wifr.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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