🌱 Amvets Post #180 Meeting and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Amvets Post #180 Meeting at American Legion
• Board Meeting at Ohio Public Library District

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a shower, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 66.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 84 and low of 67 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ohio

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 19

• Amvets Post #180 Meeting →
  American Legion, 1549 W Peru St, Princeton
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday August 11

• Board Meeting
  Ohio Public Library District Ohio Public Library, 112 North Main Street, Ohio, Illinois, 61349, United States
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Tools For School
  Dixon USD 170 1279 Franklin Grove Rd, Dixon, IL 61021, USA
  9:00 am
• AM Pre-K Orientation
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
  4:30 pm
• Steampunk Flower Arrangement Workshop — Hegeler Carus Mansion →
  Hegeler Carus Foundation, 1307 7th St, La Salle
  5:30 pm
• PM Pre-K Orientation
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
  6:00 pm

Saturday August 8

• Eats N' Beats w/ Free Fall →
  RB&W District Park, 201 E 2nd St, Rock Falls
  5:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• 5th Grade Back To School Night-5:00-6:00 pm
  Amboy CUSD 272 Amboy, IL 61310
• K-2 Back Pack Night
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
  5:00 pm
• AM Pre-K Back Pack Night
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
  5:00 pm
• PM Pre-K Back Pack Night
  Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet Wyanet, IL 61379
  5:30 pm

Wednesday August 12

• TEACHER INSTITUTE
  Amboy CUSD 272 Amboy, IL 61310

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Allegion, plc posted a job opening for Assembler 3 (Direct) in Princeton. Apply here.
• OSL Retail Services Corporation posted a job opening for Wireless Retail Sales Associate - W0636 in Princeton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ohio here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Princeton

• 5 football storylines to watch in the NewsTribune/BCR area in 2026 (shawlocal.com)
• Realtor.com spotlights a glass-walled mid-century modern Connecticut home (ctpost.com)
• August Arrives on the Tallgrass Prairie (wordpress.com)

Amboy

• Lee County property transfers for July 27-31, 2026 (shawlocal.com)

Dixon

• Adrian Vandenberg's My Whitesnake Years Tour Performance at The Dixon Historic Theatre Postponed (theradar.online)
• Five Sauk Valley area football storylines to watch in 2026 (shawlocal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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