🌱 Great Literature of all Times and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Great Literature of all Times at Oro Valley Public Library
• Poetry Circle: Famous Poetry Jam! at Oro Valley Public Library
• Garden Talk: Growing Tomatoes at Oro Valley Public Library

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 77 and low of 48 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 77, low: 50.
• Friday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 52 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oro Valley

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Thursday December 18

• Great Literature of all Times
  Oro Valley Public Library , 1305 West Naranja Drive , Oro Valley
  10:00 am
• Poetry Circle: Famous Poetry Jam!
  Oro Valley Public Library , 1305 West Naranja Drive , Oro Valley
  2:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Garden Talk: Growing Tomatoes
  Oro Valley Public Library , 1305 West Naranja Drive , Oro Valley
  1:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Mahjong Club
  Oro Valley Public Library , 1305 West Naranja Drive , Oro Valley
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Family Storytime
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  10:30 am
• Gaming @ Nanini
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  3:00 pm
• One-on-One Makerspace Appointment
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  3:30 pm
• Read to a Dog
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  3:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Library Resource and Job Help
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  10:00 am
• Living in Catalina: A Sense of Place & Time
  Dewhirst-Catalina Library , 15631 N Oracle Rd #199 , Catalina
  10:00 am
• Drop-In Job & Resume Help
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  10:00 am
• Preschool Storytime
  Nanini Branch Library , 7300 North Shannon Road , Tucson
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Marana

• Here are the Arizona cities with largest population gains (azbigmedia.com)
• Supes OK Project Blue agreement; Marana data center moves ahead (tucson.com)
• Basketball Recap: Nyla Woyee Key Part of Team Effort in Tigers Win (maxpreps.com)

South Tucson

• Pima County considers $1.2M support for South Tucson's emergency medical and fire services (kvoa.com)
• Tucsonans gathered to honor families affected by historic TCE contamination (kvoa.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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