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🌱 Patch AM: Remember when you could walk straight to the gate at XNA?

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Hi there, Bentonville! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Remember when you could walk straight to the gate at XNA?

Also on today's calendar: Pickleball Lessons: Beginner and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Blazing sunshine and hot, temps: high: 96, low: 74.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 98 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• XNA: From zero security to modern TSA standards (nwahomepage.com) — Bentonville-area travelers relying on XNA might be surprised to learn the airport had virtually no security when it opened just three years before 9/11. Local leaders and TSA officials recall how the attacks transformed XNA overnight, from open gates and minimal checks to today's layered screening, advanced scanners and behind-the-scenes protections that continue adapting to evolving threats.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • How's everyone doing with the water ban?
    We are following it - I believe. Our yard and flowers/ hydrangeas are destroyed for the season. Should we have ignored the city? We are the odd… (Nextdoor Kensington)
  • looking for a floor guy to come and see a floor issue.
    Possible need to rip out the old flooring because it's starting to all Peel up and the subfloor is showing. located in rogers near downtown. … (Nextdoor Lexington)
  • Scott Family Amazeum posted a job opening for Guest Services Operations Specialist in Bentonville. Apply here.
  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Freight Handler at Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas in Bentonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bentonville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Centerton

  • 49th annual Centerton Days event takes place Friday, Saturday (nwaonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They start each day with a cup of caw-fee. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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