🌱 Shedd Aquarium bus trip and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Tradtional Music Festival at Goold Park

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 82 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 84, low: 63.
• Sunday: Windy and not as warm, with a high of 74 and low of 53 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Verona

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Gebhard Woods Dulcimer & Tradtional Music Festival →
  Goold Park, 308 Northern Ave, Morris
  9:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Shedd Aquarium bus trip
  Morris Area Public Library 604 Liberty Street, Morris, IL 60450
  7:00 am
• Tai Ji Quan/ Allan / Catholic Charities
  Morris Area Public Library Auditorium
  1:30 pm

Saturday June 13

• Outside library Table Craft / book marks
  Morris Area Public Library at a table outside the library
  2:30 pm

Sunday June 14

• True Crime Club/ Allan
  Morris Area Public Library 604 Liberty Street, Morris, IL 60450
  2:00 pm

Monday June 15

• Summer Meet up and Activity
  Morris Area Public Library auditorium
  10:00 am
• Teen Cooking Class →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  1:00 pm
• Magic the Gathering Card Game/ PAM
  Morris Area Public Library new Community Room
  4:30 pm
• adult craft evening/ Sherry
  Morris Area Public Library Auditorium
  5:30 pm
• NC Board Meeting →
  Nettle Creek CCSD Morris, IL 60450
  7:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

• Library Squad Volunteers/ IVI with Rhonda
  Morris Area Public Library New Community Room
  10:00 am
• k-5 Art paint project
  Morris Area Public Library auditorium
  10:00 am
• Tech Tuesdays →
  Coal City Public Library District, 85 N Garfield St, Coal City
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CRH posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Marseilles. Apply here.
• Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers posted a job opening for Equipment Inventory Clerk- Part-Time in Morris. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Verona here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Seneca

• More than 500K residents without power in the Midwest as severe weather slams the region (foxweather.com)
• Prep Notebook - Prep sports year comes to a close (bnd.com)

Dwight

• Dwight's library offers free summer events (thepaper1901.com)
• Girls basketball teams get summer tuneup at Braidwood Shootout (shawlocal.com)
• Obituary – Derek 'DT' Tjelle (thepaper1901.com)

Morris

• Mt. Morris Community Library Foundation giving away books, raising funds at 2 July events (shawlocal.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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