🌱 How Dolton students honored their hometown pope with handcrafted benches

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• How Dolton students honored their hometown pope with handcrafted benches

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy and not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, temps: high: 37, low: 31.
• Thursday: Windy with occasional rain, with a high of 48 and low of 13 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Thornton High School District 205 bench honoring Pope Leo XIV now in his childhood home (chicagotribune.com) — Benches honoring Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in Dolton, are now displayed inside his former childhood home on East 141st Place, celebrating his local roots. Thornton Township High School students and teachers designed and built the benches, using Dolton’s colors and imagery to highlight how someone from their community rose to global religious leadership.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Miss Rosie Reads Storytime
  South Holland Public Library , 16250 Wausau Ave , South Holland
  11:00 am
• Patton @ Wolcott - Boys Basketball
  Wolcott School , 200 N Wolcott Street , Thornton
  4:15 pm

Wednesday December 17

• End of Second Quarter
  Cook County SD 130 Blue Island, IL 60406
• Family Story Time
  Hegewisch Branch Library , 3048 East 130th Street , Chicago
  10:30 am
• Wolcott @ Heritage - Boys Basketball
  Heritage Middle School , 19250 Burnham Avenue , Lansing
  4:15 pm
• Joe Pratt & The Source One Band: "Live Blues / Food / Fun EVERY WEDNESDAY At Smiley's Gaming Cafe 12058 S. Marshfield Calumet Park IL 7-10PM
  Smileys Gaming Cafe Inc. , 12058 S Marshfield Ave , Calumet Park
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Little Mozart with Robin's Nest Music
  South Holland Public Library , 16250 Wausau Ave , South Holland
  11:00 am
• Arts and Crafts
  Hegewisch Branch Library , 3048 East 130th Street , Chicago
  3:30 pm
• Wolcott @ McKinley - Boys Basketball
  McKinley Junior High School , 850 East 170th Street , South Holland
  4:15 pm
• Ukulegends Ukulele Ensemble
  Robin's Nest Music , 585 Williams St , Thornton
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• 11th Annual Joy of Giving x N. Finite Hands Charity in Harvey
  Thornton Township High School , 15001 Broadway Ave , Harvey
  10:30 am
• Blue Island, IL - Lyric Theatre, 2:00pm & 7:30pm *SEASONS GREETINGS HOLIDAY SHOW*
  The Lyric Theater Blue Island , 12952 Western Ave , Blue Island
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Who can help me change my thermostat at home tomorrow?
  I already have the new one ready to be installed. (Nextdoor Fountain Crest)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in South Holland. Apply here.
• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Calumet City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dolton here.

🗞 Nearby News

South Holland

• Arrests Made In Teen's 'Tragic And Sickening' Murder, 'Disgustingly' A Case Of Mistaken Identity: Village (patch.com)

Calumet City

• Man raped woman after pushing her from wheelchair at Red Line station, his 4th arrest in 2 months: prosecutors (cwbchicago.com)

Oak Forest

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-- The Patch AM Team

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