🌱 How Centerville Noon Optimists are quietly supporting at-risk youth nearby

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• How Centerville Noon Optimists are quietly supporting at-risk youth nearby

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 73, low: 38.
• Sunday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Centerville Optimists donate kits to Daybreak (wdtn.com) — Centerville residents involved with the Noon Optimist Club just assembled nearly 100 hygiene kits for youth served by Daybreak, a shelter in Dayton. The donation provides essentials like toothbrushes and deodorant, plus handwritten encouragement notes, to help young people facing homelessness or trafficking risks. The club also invites new members to its Tuesday lunch meetings at Yankee Trace.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Centerville

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 17

• Sunset and Strategy Game Night
  Activity Center Park, 221 N Main St, Centerville
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Secure Your ID Shred Day
  Centerville, OH Calendar , Routsong Funeral Home 81 N Main Street , Centerville
  10:00 am
• Temple Beth Or Art and Music Cafe
  Temple Beth Or , 5275 Marshall Rd. , Dayton
  6:30 pm

Sunday April 19

• 2026 Yom Hashoah Remembrance Program
  Temple Israel , 130 Riverside Drive , Dayton
  3:00 pm
• Sunday Series Indoor Concert: Honey and Blue
  Centerville, OH Calendar , 5800 Clyo Road , Centerville
  7:00 pm

Monday April 20

• City Council Work Session
  Centerville, OH Calendar , 100 W Spring Valley Road , Centerville
  5:30 pm
• Chabad JLI Course begins - For All Humankind
  Chabad of Greater Dayton , 2001 Far Hills Avenue , Dayton
  7:00 pm
• City Council Regular Meeting
  Centerville, OH Calendar , 100 W Spring Valley Road , Centerville
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday April 18

• Trails Challenge Hike
  Sugarcreek MetroPark , 4178 Conference Rd , Bellbrook
  10:00 am
• Women of Woodland Tour
  Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum , 118 Woodland Ave , Dayton
  11:00 am
• Kids Wheel Session — OUTSIDE the BOX
  OUTSIDE the BOX - Art Studio , 43 N West St , Bellbrook
  2:30 pm

Monday April 20

• Book Bites Book Club
  Winters-Bellbrook Community Library , 57 W Franklin St , Bellbrook
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a reliable fencing company?
  I highly recommend Next Level Fencing for top-notch service! They just finished mine and did a fantastic job. (Nextdoor Black Oak)

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🗞 Nearby News

Kettering

• Woman dead after two-vehicle crash in Miami Twp. (wdtn.com)
• Kettering Health Sees Increased Credit Rating from Moody's Reports (ketteringhealth.org)
• Boost Your Health and Happiness: Why Retirement Is the Perfect Time to Volunteer (ketteringhealth.org)

Miamisburg

• More levies on horizon as Ohio schools facing ‘funding crisis' (springfieldnewssun.com)

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Ok Centerville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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