🌱 Dept / Collab Groups and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Captain Mama Visits Open Cockpit Day

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny and not as hot, with a high of 86 and low of 54 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 92, low: 57.
• Friday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franklin

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 23

• Captain Mama Visits Open Cockpit Day →
  5050 Santa Fe Dr, Atwater
  9:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Dept / Collab Groups
  Yosemite High (Continuation) Merced, CA 95340
  8:10 am
• The Carole King & James Taylor Story →
  Merced Theatre, 301 W Main St, Merced
  7:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Merced County Republican Assembly (RSVP not required) →
  La Finca Branding Iron, 640 W 16th St, Merced
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• GVCR Spring Fling
  Golden Valley High Merced, CA 95344
  5:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Checkered Handknit Throw L2 →
  NK Designs & Gifts, 2836 G St, Merced
  1:00 pm

Tuesday May 19

• ClayClub: Melting Popsicle →
  EarthWorks ClaySpace, 355 W Main St, Merced
  10:30 am

Friday May 22

• Completion Ceremony →
  Atwater Valley Community School, 1800 Matthew Dr, Atwater
  4:00 pm

Friday May 29

• 2026 / 2027 SEASON PREVIEW →
  Playhouse Merced, 452 W Main St, Merced
  6:30 pm

Saturday May 30

• Piper The Musical — The MAC →
  Merced Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W Main St, Merced
  7:30 pm

Monday June 1

• Small Business Social →
  NK Designs & Gifts, 2836 G St, Merced
  6:00 pm
• CHP / Workout / Merced (MHS Track) →
  Merced High School, 205 W Olive Ave, Merced
  6:00 pm

Wednesday June 10

• Merced County Fair →
  Merced County Fair, 900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Merced
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Merced

• Playhouse Merced is ready to show what it has planned for its new season (mercedsunstar.com)
• UC Merced Student's Death at Center of Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI (losbanosenterprise.com)
• Five Guys to shutter Hanford, Merced restaurants (sjvsun.com)

Atwater

• Honda And Acura Owners Can Now Add Thule Gear At The Dealer (mercedsunstar.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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