🌱 Patch AM: How a Barrington teen earned two patent awards before high school

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Barrington teen earned two patent awards before high school

Also on today's calendar: Preschool Parent Information Webinar.

Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Snow and rain, 1-2", with a high of 36 and low of 22 degrees.
• Sunday: Breezy; morning snow showers, temps: high: 33, low: 26.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 40 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Quest Academy alumnus receives second patent award from Vedder Price (shawlocal.com) — A Barrington student, Rayan Zaidi, has earned his second Vedder Price Patent Award for an invention he created while at Quest Academy in nearby Palatine. Now a freshman at Lake Forest Academy, Zaidi continues to build on the creativity and STEM skills that began in his Barrington home and were nurtured through Quest Academy’s hands-on, inquiry-based curriculum.
   

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Wednesday January 14

• Preschool Parent Information Webinar
  2515 Palatine Rd, Inverness
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 10

• 2025 Lake Zurich Bear Cheer Invitational
  Lake Zurich High School , 300 Church St , Lake Zurich
  9:00 am
• Fiber Arts Craft Circle - all ages
  Villa Park Public Library , 305 Ardmore Ave , Villa Park
  9:30 am
• Open Art Studio with Ericka Soto
  McKinley Park Branch Library , 1915 West 35th Street , Chicago
  9:30 am
• Happy Healthy Yoga
  Villa Park Public Library , 305 Ardmore Ave , Villa Park
  9:30 am
• Grab and Go Kits: Rocking Paper Plate Snowman Craft
  Canaryville Branch Library , 642 West 43rd Street , Chicago
  10:00 am
• Junior Picassos
  Rolling Meadows Library , 3110 Martin Ln , Rolling Meadows
  10:00 am
• Open Play Time
  Chicago Bee Branch Library , 3647 South State Street , Chicago
  11:00 am
• Free Kids Event: Storytime Adventures (Palatine)
  Lakeshore Learning Store , 1403 N Rand Rd , Palatine
  11:00 am
• Bilingual Story Time / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
  Back of the Yards Branch Library , 4650 South Damen Avenue , Chicago
  11:00 am
• Teen Volunteer Club
  Gage Park Branch Library , 2807 West 55th Street , Chicago
  11:00 am
• Destination Discovery Story Time at Smart Museum of Art
  Canaryville Branch Library , 642 West 43rd Street , Chicago
  11:00 am
• Beary Delicious
  Pinot's Palette , 100 W Higgins Rd Suite H-80 , South Barrington
  11:30 am

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• HelloFresh SE posted a job opening for [US-HQ] FSQ Associate Manager - Manufacturing in Lake Zurich. Apply here.
• ECHO posted a job opening for Material Handler I - Assembly in Lake Zurich. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barrington here.

🗞 Nearby News

Palatine

• Boys basketball: Palatine pulls away from Prospect (dailyherald.com)
• Pritzker challengers demand audit, pitch ‘DOGE for Illinois' – point to Walz-style failures (foxnews.com)
• You're Not Imagining It—Your Symptoms Matter (shawlocal.com)

Hoffman Estates

• Zeigler celebrates 50th anniversary by donating more than 50,000 items in holiday food drive (autoremarketing.com)
• IRA Capital JV Acquires 1.5 MSF Medical Portfolio (commercialsearch.com)

Arlington Heights

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