🌱 Can Bellflower boys volleyball punch their ticket to the CIF-SS finals?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Bellflower boys volleyball punch their ticket to the CIF-SS finals?

Also on today's calendar: Annual Memorial Day Mass and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 76 and low of 60 degrees.
• Saturday: Clouds giving way to sun, temps: high: 78, low: 60.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 78 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Semifinal schedule, quarterfinal scores (presstelegram.com) — Bellflower High’s boys volleyball team has advanced to the CIF-SS Division 5 semifinals and will host St. Anthony in a key local matchup. The winner will represent the Press-Telegram area, with finals set for May 15-16 and several other nearby schools still in contention.
   

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📸 Around Bellflower

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bellflower

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Saturday May 9

• ESports Trip to LA Trade Tech
  Mayfair High School Bellflower, CA 90706
  8:30 am
• Knitting and Crochet Club
  Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
  1:00 pm

Monday May 11

• Walk-In Tutoring With Saskia
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Quilting and Fiber Arts Club for Adults
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  1:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• Walk-in Tutoring With Dennis
  Harbor Gateway Library Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
  12:00 pm
• The 3rd Tuesday Book Club
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  6:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Walk-In Tutoring With Pat
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Walk-In Tutoring With Bo-Gay
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am

Monday May 25

• Annual Memorial Day Mass →
  All Souls Cemetery & Mortuary, 4400 Cherry Ave, Long Beach
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday May 8

• English Conversation With Ronnie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Boys and Girls Wrestling Banquet
  John H. Glenn High Norwalk, CA 90650
  4:00 pm
• Pep Squad Tryouts
  John H. Glenn High Norwalk, CA 90650
  4:00 pm
• STEAM Storytime: Beep, beep! Here comes the Jeepney! →
  Angelo M. Iacoboni Library, 4990 Clark Ave, Lakewood
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Walmart posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Paramount. Apply here.
• Elsupermarkets posted a job opening for Produce Clerk - # 21 Paramount in Paramount. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bellflower here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Lakewood

• Early Times Car Show Lakewood, CA (idrivesocal.com)
• Tom Campbell: A practical path to reclaiming congressional war powers (presstelegram.com)
• Q&A: Meet Anthony Rendon, candidate for California state superintendent of public instruction (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Downey

• Downey High teachers honored with first-ever Teacher Appreciation Week celebration — The Downey Patriot (thedowneypatriot.com)

Long Beach

• Circle K Offering 40 Cents Off Per Gallon Of Gas In Long Beach (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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