Question Mark Town Roundup for the week of 7/17-7/23
Town Announcements
Possible backpack from missing boy recovered
I know I have been asked not to post official business to the Town Announcements, but this seems really important.
Last night, while out on the Question Mark Junior Scouts summer campout, which is usually very nice, two members of the Question Mark community came running through camp, one of them yelling.
First of all that yelling scared the children and also myself. It's best to not yell in the woods around children or also adults maybe, especially when there have been a number of bad things happening in town and, let's face it, many people are on edge. It took a long time to recover all of the children. But, I am glad to report, that as of this morning they are all accounted for.
But also: the yelling. The yelling was because they went into an old mine deep in the woods and they thought perhaps they had found a clue about the whereabouts of Quentin Quinn, the missing child that many of our own Junior Scouts mentioned by name as a reason they went running off into the woods after the yelling began.
I accompanied the two people, Violet Bookman and Bruno Ellis, into the woods. It was a very far walk, I had to stop to catch my breath a number of times, into what was almost certainly an unsafe mine. Once there we recovered a yellow backpack filled with empty candy wrappers and a book stolen from the library that was last seen with Quentin Quinn, leading me to assume that this was, in fact, the boy's backpack.
As the chief told me when I radioed it in, "You know what they say about people that assume, Ronny," and I told him that I didn't and also not call me that, but before he could tell me what they say he said that the FBI was going to head to the mine and that I was relieved for the night, which meant I could go back to the campground and find the scouts, some of whom were very well hidden.
Also let this important discovery be proof the Question Mark Police Department does not and will not ever give up. If we work together, we can find Quentin Quinn. I know this has been scary but we can’t give up.
Posted by Officer Ron Dublowski on July 23, 2023
Reginald Willey Commemorative Poetry Competition
All of us at the Question Mark Public Library are honored to, once again, host the annual Reginald Willey Commemorative Poetry Competition.
In honor of our greatest founder, we are looking for poems that capture the sublime, absurd, or ordinary in a poem about our town of no more than 50 words.
Is there something about this town that you love or have discovered that you wish to share with the world? Please send in your most daring, complicated poems about our town by August 20th.
The winning poem will be published in the Town Announcements in September.
Please email your poems to reference@questionmarklibrary.info
Posted by Greta Twombley, Head Librarian on July 19, 2023
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Community Notes
I am not usually one to speak up, but lately I have been having some very strange dreams. Most of you know me as the woman who sells Bingo cards at Bingo on Tuesday nights, but believe it or not, I was once an elementary school teacher in town. Before that I worked in the envelope factory right after finishing high school. My family first came here in the 1900s and I am proud to call this place home.
I have been having several dreams that involve circles. If you don’t know, my dreams usually turn out to be pretty important, which is how I won the lottery several years ago and how I was able to retire five years early.
Lately I have a recurring dream where I see my daughter—who is now twenty-eight—as a little girl, drawing a white circle on the sidewalk in front of our house. In the center is a number 729. In another dream, I am walking downtown and there is a circle where the clock tower should be. In another I fall into the giant hole they are digging on the edge of town. I do not know what these dreams mean, but I am curious if anyone else is having them? And what can they tell us about all the things that have gone missing?
Also, I am glad to hear the Question Mark Police have found that boy’s backpack but where is the boy? It does not seem like it should be so very hard to find one missing child in a town such as ours. I keep hoping I will see that missing boy in my dreams but I haven’t. If I do, I will let everyone know.
Looking forward to seeing everyone this Tuesday night.
Mayra Davis, Veterans Hall volunteer
Crime Reports
July 22
9:17 p.m. — East Avenue and 20th Street, possible backpack belonging to missing person discovered. A backpack presumed to belong to missing person Quentin Quinn was found in the Question Mark Woods near the Falls. Officer R. Dublowski reported to scene.
Please continue to distribute missing persons fliers to help notify the public about the disappearance of Quentin Quinn.
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Upcoming Events
July 28, 2023
New Tomorrow Industries Question and Answer Session: Our amazing collider and you. 7pm
Question Mark Public Library
Also, this summer join us at the Town Square for Summer at the Square: farmers market, music, and more! Saturdays June 17-September 16, 10am-2pm
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Did You Know?
Bingo is played every Tuesday at 7pm at Veterans Hall. Gabrielle Winstead had the longest winning Bingo streak from March to May 1996 when she won one hundred consecutive Bingo games. Some of Mrs. Winstead’s winnings went to fund the statue at British Soldier Field.