🌱 Remember Greenwood’s 13-foot patriotic Christmas tree after 9/11?

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In today's newsletter:

• Remember Greenwood’s 13-foot patriotic Christmas tree after 9/11?
• Greenwood community remembers the life of Dennis P. Horvath

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Winds becoming strong; rain, with a high of 51 and low of 20 degrees.
• Friday: Windy and much colder, temps: high: 27, low: 24.
• Saturday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 49 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Throwback Thursday: Dec. 18 (dailyjournal.net) — A Greenwood family’s towering, patriotic Christmas tree from 2001 is remembered for honoring 9/11 victims and deployed service members with red, white, and blue decorations. The Throwback Thursday feature also revisits other notable Johnson County moments, from school threats to a record Hoosier Lottery win.
   

• Dennis P. Horvath (dailyjournal.net) — Greenwood residents are mourning the passing of 82-year-old Dennis P. Horvath, a U.S. Army veteran and longtime member of the Church at Smith Valley. Visitation and services are set for Monday, December 22, at G.H. Herrmann Funeral Home on State Road 135 in Greenwood, with family inviting friends to pay their respects and honor his life of service and community involvement.
   

📸 Around Greenwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenwood

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Misfits of Comedy in Indianapolis / Greenwood, IN
  Mad Hatter Shows and Event Center, 916 E Main St #200, Greenwood
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• PCES 2nd 9 Weeks Spoghtlight Awards
  Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp , 3030 125 W , Whiteland
• Sock Skating
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Community Room
  9:00 am

Saturday December 20

• Dungeons & Dragons
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
  2:30 pm

Sunday December 21

• Sock Skating
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Community Room
  1:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Block Party
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Youth Program Room
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Sock Skating
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Community Room
  9:00 am
• Get Your Game On
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Youth Program Room
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Sock Skating
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Community Room
  9:00 am
• Tiny Tots Storytime
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Youth Program Room
  10:00 am
• Homeschool Hangout
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB Youth Program Room
  2:00 pm
• Kids STEAM
  Clark Pleasant Branch - CPB STEAM Zone
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My sweet bandit was found last Friday… he is home safe and warm and getting back to his playful self…..
  thank you soooo much for everybody who kept a look out it shared his info I’m so grateful n truly blessed !!! (Nextdoor Turfway Park)
• HAPPILY REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY
  Anyone missing this sweet fur baby? We seen it fall from the underside of a car at my son's car pickup line at Greenwood Christian Church School at… (Nextdoor Valle Vista)

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Greenwood. Apply here.
• Golden State Foods posted a job opening for Overnight Inventory Counter in Greenwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenwood here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Whiteland

• Vernon T. Wesley (dailyjournal.net)

Southport

• Virginia 'Ginny' Gates Featherston (dailyjournal.net)

Franklin

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