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🌱 Pizza for a Purpose: The Cycle Effect x Hot Tomato and 11 more events
Make time for Kids Club - TBD - Fruita Branch Library on the Loma Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 51 degrees.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 83, low: 52.
- Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Pizza for a Purpose: The Cycle Effect x Hot Tomato →
Hot Tomato, 124 N Mulberry St, Fruita
8:30 am - Kids Club - TBD - Fruita Branch Library
Fruita Branch
2:30 pm - Sweet Alma Soul Sisters in Concert at Cavalcade →
Cavalcade, 201 E Aspen Ave., Fruita
7:30 pm - Dinosaurs of Moab: Full-Day Adventure →
Dinosaur Journey Museum, 550 Jurassic Court, Fruita
8:00 am - Farmers Market →
Fruita Civic Center, 325 E. Aspen Ave., Fruita
8:30 am - Durango at Fruita Monument →
1102 Wildcat Ave, Fruita
12:00 pm - Durango Demons at Fruita Monument →
Fruita CO
12:00 pm - Family Storytime - Fruita Branch
Fruita Branch
10:00 am - Teen Time - Fruita Branch Library
Fruita Branch
4:00 pm - FMS Orchestra Concert
Fruita Middle School, 1835 J Rd, Fruita
6:30 pm - Fruita City Council Public Meeting →
Fruita Civic Center, 325 E Aspen Avenue, Fruita
7:00 pm - Slice of The Cycle: The cycle Effect x Hot Tomato signature event →
Hot Tomato, 124 North Mulberry Street, Fruita
5:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- We're excited to announce Mesa County Public Health has been awarded the VA's Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant!
With these funds, our team is establishing the Tri-County Veteran Support Hub to serve veterans across Mesa, Delta, and Montrose counties. Thank you… (Nextdoor )
- Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Fruita. Apply here.
- TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Field Maintenance Technician - Colorado, Wyoming, Utah in Fruita. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Loma here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fruita
- Bookstore and beverages (thebusinesstimes.com)
Grand Junction
- Grand Junction earns three 2026 governor's awards (westernslopenow.com)
- Film festival showing women, girls pursuing their passion for the outdoors coming to Grand Junction Thursday (kkco11news.com)
- Project Highway 340 celebrates completion with ribbon-cutting ceremony (westernslopenow.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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