🌱 Patch AM: Skokie Offering Free Flu Shots Amid Rising Influenza Activity Statewide

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• Free Wednesday flu shots as Skokie flu ER visits climb

Also on today's calendar: Covenant Nursery School Open House and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy and breezy; p.m. rain, with a high of 56 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: A little morning rain, temps: high: 47, low: 35.
• Saturday: Colder with snow and rain, with a high of 36 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Skokie Offering Free Flu Shots Amid Rising Influenza Activity Statewide (patch.com) — Skokie residents are being urged to take advantage of free flu vaccinations offered by the village’s Health and Human Services Department every Wednesday evening in January, as local flu-related ER visits have already surpassed last year’s peak. Officials highlight low statewide vaccination rates and stress that shots are available to all community members regardless of insurance or immigration status, with simple walk-in access.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Skokie

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 24

• Covenant Nursery School Open House
  3637 Golf Rd, Evanston
  10:00 am

Sunday January 25

• PS 3's - 8th Grade OPEN HOUSE
  The Academy at St. Joan of Arc, 9245 Lawndale Ave, Evanston
  11:30 am

Thursday February 5

• Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Returning to Old Town School of Folk Music
  Old Town School of Folk Music - Gary & Laura Maurer Concert Hall, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday January 7

• Positive News From Israel
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  7:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Kindness Night at Romona
  Ramona Elementary School , 600 Romona Road , Wilmette
  6:00 pm
• Erev Shabbat Service
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• Shabbat Morning Service
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  9:45 am

Sunday January 11

• Family Bingo
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  1:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Weekly Torah Study
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Music with the Rabbi
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• The Law - Jewish and Secular
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  7:00 pm
• Prayer Literacy
  Congregation Kol Emeth , 4435 Oakton St , Skokie
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My daughter and I spent a whole day together and the night.
  My daughter is Pipers favorite person ever. Look at the two different responses after she left. Neve wants to go out and Piper wants Miranda back. My… (Nextdoor Knowledge System Dempster)
• I suppose any brand milk that we are getting inside our main grocer chains around the city, is certainly notreally helping with relief from an oncoming cold or dryness in throat like a trap , which makes one cough yes?
  There's prolactin and all sorts of synthetic hormone non testing ingredients or chemicals inside the milk that is not as good or … (Nextdoor Niles Center South)

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