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🌱 How UAM’s Esports team battled back to claim redemption
Monticello, Arkansas Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Monticello! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
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- How UAM’s Esports team battled back to claim redemption
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 86 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 87, low: 64.
- Friday: Showers around in the morning, with a high of 87 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• UAM Esports captures second divisional championship (theeagledemocrat.com) — Monticello residents can cheer on UAM’s Esports team, which just captured its second divisional championship in League of Legends after a hard-fought playoff run. The roster includes freshman nursing major Kersean Amir Hollis from Monticello, alongside teammates from nearby towns. UAM leaders say the young program is quickly building a winning reputation in collegiate esports. 
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🗞 Nearby News
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Camden
- Just Pinch A Nickel Until The Buffalo Screams (camdenarknews.com)
- Ouachita's Elrod Center honors more than 150 volunteers - (arkadelphian.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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