🌱 Barns & Brews - Barn Quilt Painting and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What did the fallen horse say? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 47 and low of 25 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 50, low: 29.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 52 and low of 32 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday November 14

• Barns & Brews - Barn Quilt Painting →
  Mount Vernon First Street Community Center, 221 1st St NE, Mount Vernon
  10:30 am
• Drama Performance
  Lisbon Community High School Auditorium Lisbon Community High School Auditorium
  5:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Bingo →
  108 S. Washington St., Lisbon
  10:00 am
• Linn Lunch Bunch →
  108 S. Washington St., Lisbon
  11:30 am
• Boys Wrestling: JR High Wrestling Meet (Junior High)
  Monticello High School Gym
  4:00 pm
• Girls Wrestling: RVC Meet (Varsity)
  Camanche High School
  5:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• 5-8 Band Concert
  Lisbon Community High School Auditorium Lisbon Community High School Auditorium
  5:30 pm
• Girls Basketball: Lisbon vs Monticello (Junior Varsity)
  Monticello High School Gym
  6:00 pm
• SELCC Board Meeting →
  108 S. Washington St., Lisbon
  7:00 pm
• Girls Basketball: Lisbon vs Monticello (Varsity)
  Monticello High School Gym
  7:30 pm

Wednesday November 18

• Central College Women's Wrestling at Cornell →
  Mount Vernon IA
  6:00 pm
• Parks & Rec Girls Basketball
  Lisbon Community High School LECC Lisbon Community High School LECC
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CCS Facility Services posted a job opening for Day Porter - FT in Mount Vernon. Apply here.
• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Marion. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mechanicsville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Mount Vernon

• Mount Vernon Holiday Open House strengthens community among retailers (mvlsun.com)
• CDG awards $10,000 to local businesses through BIG program (mvlsun.com)
• Training fire skills (mvlsun.com)

Solon

• November's happenings from Solon Senior Support (soloneconomist.com)
• UI's Tippie College of Business students to work with City (soloneconomist.com)
• Delores Meister (soloneconomist.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What did the fallen horse say?" — I can’t giddy up… (Thank you Kathy J. for sending it in!)
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