🌱 How Salida girls ended up skiing with Mikaela Shiffrin

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In today's newsletter:

• How Salida girls ended up skiing with Mikaela Shiffrin

Also on today's calendar: Open Mic at A Church and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Very windy; mostly sunny, with a high of 75 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 54, low: 29.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 63 and low of 32 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• How Mikaela Shiffrin Is Trying to Hook a New Generation of Girls on Skiing (skimag.com) — Young girls from Salida and nearby towns recently spent a ski day at Copper Mountain learning directly from Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin, thanks to the elevateHER nonprofit. The visit, backed by the Share Winter Foundation, gave local Monarch Mountain racers and first-time skiers alike hands-on coaching, encouragement, and a close-up look at Shiffrin’s Olympic gold medal and personal journey.
   

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📸 Around Salida

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salida

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday April 26

• Customer Appreciation Day - Moonlight Pizza & Brewpub Salida CO — Moonlight Pizza & Brewpub
  Moonlight Pizza & Brewpub, 242 F St, Salida
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Friday April 24

• SHS Spring Collage Show
  Salida High School Salida, CO 81201
  5:00 pm
• SHS Drama Production: One Act Plays
  Salida High School Salida, CO 81201
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Open Mic at A Church
  A Church , 419 D St , Salida
  12:00 pm
• Mike Ippolito Live at the Salida Distillery
  Salida Distillery , 110 E 15th St , Salida
  3:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Bookmobile Visit!
  Salida Early Childhood Center Salida, CO 81201
  3:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Spring Walkabout Night
  Horizons Exploratory Academy Salida, CO 81201
  4:30 pm

Sunday May 3

• Crys Matthews
  A Church , 419 D St , Salida
  6:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Bookmobile Visit!
  Salida Early Childhood Center Salida, CO 81201
  3:00 pm
• Salida Enduro
  Tenderfoot Hill
  5:30 pm
• Sustainable Business Practices
  Soulcraft Brewing , 248 W Rainbow Blvd , Salida
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Tres Trivia - Tres Litros Beer Company
  Tres Litros Beer Company , 118 N E St , Salida
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Life Care Centers of America posted a job opening for Nurse Aide in Training - Non-Certified in Salida. Apply here.
• Natural Grocers posted a job opening for Cashier (Good4u Customer Care) in Salida. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Salida here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Saguache

• Xcel Energy plans possible power shutoffs in Colorado counties due to wildfire risk (krdo.com)

Fairplay

• Pettersen advocates of local projects in Fairplay, Bailey (theflume.com)
• Calendar: Apr. 24 - Jun. 20 (theflume.com)

Florence

• Tina Peters Sentencing Update: Colorado Appeals Court Ruling 2026 (k99.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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