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🌱 How Pet Alliance will honor lost cats at its Alafaya location

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  • How Pet Alliance will honor lost cats at its Alafaya location

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Cloudy with a t-storm or two, temps: high: 89, low: 71.
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pet Alliance marks five years since Orlando Shelter Fire and announces plans to Honor Cats Lost (gottagoorlando.com) — Pet Alliance is planning a special memorial at its Alafaya location to honor 17 cats lost in the 2021 Orlando shelter fire, with ashes incorporated into lasting tributes. Staff, volunteers, and local residents will eventually be able to visit these intimate spaces to reflect, as details are finalized and the organization moves forward in its new Orlando shelter era.
   

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    Saturday September 19
  • Girls/Boys Cross Country Tiger Invite @ Toho HS
    Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL 32828
    8:00 am
    • Tuesday September 22
  • Girls JV/Varsity Volleyball vs. New Smyrna
    Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL 32828
    6:00 pm
    • Wednesday September 23
  • Elementary Multilingual Storytelling Night →
    Baldwin Park Elementary School Orlando, FL 32814
    6:00 pm
  • JV Football vs. Boone
    Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL 32828
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    • Friday September 25
  • Varsity Football @ Boone
    Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL 32828
    7:00 pm
    • Saturday September 26
  • Girls/Boys Cross Country Hagerty Invite @ Hagerty HS
    Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL 32828
    8:00 am
    • Monday September 28
  • Girls Golf Metro Championship Zellwood Station
    Timber Creek High School Orlando, FL 32828
    8:00 am

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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