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Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• UAH-led Alabama Shield 2026 Exercise Puts Drone Technology To The Test In Realistic Disaster Scenarios (huntsvillebusinessjournal.com) — UAH in Huntsville recently led Alabama Shield 2026, a major statewide disaster-response exercise using drones to improve search and rescue, damage assessment, and hazardous-materials reconnaissance. Conducted at the UAH Huntsville UAS and Counter-UAS Test Range, the training brought together first responders, agencies, and researchers to practice realistic tornado and emergency scenarios and strengthen how unmanned systems are integrated into Alabama's disaster planning.
• TwitchHSV at High Ground Hobbies (hvilleblast.com) — High Ground Hobbies is hosting a free TwitchHSV gaming meetup today, with casual Mario Kart and Smash Bros tournaments, costumes, and food for sale. Even if you can't attend, you can watch the twitchhsv livestream supporting the St. Jude Clinic at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children in Huntsville, helping raise money for pediatric patients and their families.
• 2026–27 Katie Geneva Cannon Scholars announced (pcusa.org) — A Huntsville native, Morgan State University junior Miriam Bentley, has been named the undergraduate recipient of the 2026–27 Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship, recognizing her creative and ministry-focused leadership. As a member of Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, where her father pastors, she hopes to use the award to deepen her artistic outreach, including free music lessons for local children through her home church.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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