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🌱 Pontiac community remembers 1966 PHS graduate David Orville Kalkwarf
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- Pontiac community remembers 1966 PHS graduate David Orville Kalkwarf
Also on today's calendar: Live from Laurel Canyon and 5 more events.
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- Friday: Becoming windier and warm, with a high of 84 and low of 47 degrees.
- Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 36.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 54 and low of 31 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• David O. Kalkwarf (pdccourier.com) — Longtime former Pontiac resident David Orville Kalkwarf, a 1966 Pontiac High School graduate who married at First Lutheran Church in Pontiac, has passed away at 77. Family and friends are invited to visitation May 8 and funeral services May 9 in Monona, Iowa, with inurnment planned July 25 at Center Cemetery in Flanagan, Illinois. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Party in the Park for Prevention
Chautauqua Park, 100 E Park St, Pontiac
11:00 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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The Oaks at Rivers Edge Open House
Pontiac, IL Calendar , 429 Elks Club Rd. , Pontiac
11:00 am -
City Council Meeting
Pontiac, IL Calendar , 115 West Howard Street , Pontiac
7:00 pm -
Community Blood Drive
Pontiac, IL Calendar , 601 N Ladd St , Pontiac
11:00 am -
The Trifecta: Addressing The Intersection of Mental Illness, SUD and Process Addictions Seminar
Pontiac, IL Calendar , 319 N. Plum St. , Pontiac
1:00 pm -
Adopt-A-Highway Volunteer Clean Up
Pontiac, IL Calendar Pontiac, IL 61764
3:30 pm -
Live from Laurel Canyon
Pontiac Township High School , 1100 E Indiana Ave , Pontiac
7:00 pm -
Livingston County Concert Association Presents: Live from Laurel Canyon
Pontiac Township High School , 1100 E Indiana Ave , Pontiac
7:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Thursday April 23
Monday April 27
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Track @ Watseka
Odell Grade School Odell, IL 60460
4:00 pm -
TIME TBD- Track And Field-V Girls @ Yorkville High School (Game)
Yorkville High School Away -
4:30 pm -
TIME TBD- Track And Field-V Boys @ Yorkville High School (Game)
Yorkville High School Away -
4:30 pm -
Track And Field-V Boys - VS PC Invite (Game)
Pchs Track HOME -
9:30 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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- Uncovering Illinois' culinary secrets (the-source.net)
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