🌱 Track & Field Meet (5th - 8th) @ Peoria Heights and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Track & Field Meet (5th - 8th) @ Peoria Heights at Peoria Heights High School
• Track & Field Meet (5th - 8th) @ Limestone at Pleasant Valley SD 62
• Intermediate Fine Arts Night at Pleasant Valley SD 62

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 83 and low of 44 degrees.
• Saturday: Becoming windier and cooler, temps: high: 55, low: 37.
• Sunday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 56 and low of 34 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in West Peoria

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Monday April 20

• Track & Field Meet (5th - 8th) @ Peoria Heights
  Peoria Heights High School , 508 E Glen Ave , Peoria Heights
  4:15 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Track & Field Meet (5th - 8th) @ Limestone
  Pleasant Valley SD 62 , 4201 S Airport Rd , Bartonville
  2:00 pm
• Intermediate Fine Arts Night
  Pleasant Valley SD 62 , 3314 W Richwoods Blvd , Peoria
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• CDBG Public Services Advisory Commission Meeting
  Peoria, IL Calendar , 419 Fulton Street, Suite 404 , Peoria
  8:30 am
• Public Arts Advisory Commission Meeting
  Peoria, IL Calendar , 419 Fulton Street Conference Room 110 , Peoria
  9:30 am
• Hattie M. Green Honorary Street Naming Ceremony
  Peoria, IL Calendar , Corner of Jefferson Avenue and Cornhill Street , Peoria
  2:00 pm
• Peoria Symphony Orchestra - "Liv'n It Up" @ Peoria Civic Center Al
  Washington Gifted School , 201 SW Jefferson Ave , Peoria
  7:00 pm
• Peoria Symphony Orchestra - "Liv'n It Up" @ Peoria Civic Center
  Hines Primary School , 201 SW Jefferson Ave , Peoria
  7:30 pm
• Liv’n It Up with Liv Warfield
  Prairie Home Alliance Theater - Peoria Civic Center
  7:30 pm
• Liv'n It Up
  Prairie Home Alliance Theater , 201 SW Jefferson Ave , Peoria
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Charter Oak - Community Garden Cleanup
  Charter Oak Primary School , 5221 W Timberedge Dr , Peoria
  8:00 am
• Peoria Autism Acceptance and Appreciation Event @ Peoria Civic Cent
  Peoria SD 150 , 201 SW Jefferson Ave , Peoria
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 🌳 Arbor Day Tree Planting - April 24 🌳
  In observance of Arbor Day, the City of Peoria is partnering with the South-West Kiwanis Club of Peoria and the Peoria Park District to plant a… (Nextdoor )
• This week, we recognize National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, honoring the dedicated professionals who serve as the critical first point of contact in every emergency response.
  Our Emergency Communications Center personnel provide continuous service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In times of crisis, they deliver calm, clear… (Nextdoor )

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🗞 Nearby News

Peoria

• Peoria investing $480K in upgrades to Martin Luther King Jr. Park (centralillinoisproud.com)
• Bradley's Chris Reynolds shares inspiring message with Peoria Rivermen (pjstar.com)
• Community colleges generate nearly $800 million in economic impact across Central Illinois (centralillinoisproud.com)

Peoria Heights

• Peoria Heights Board approves fiscal year budget (centralillinoisproud.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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