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🌱 How Lake Butler’s Amia Bethia sprinted onto the state podium
Lake Butler, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Lake Butler! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Lake Butler’s Amia Bethia sprinted onto the state podium
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: An afternoon t-storm or two, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 88, low: 55. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Sunny with low humidity, with a high of 87 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Ridaught: Buchholz boys lead area track and field teams with top 10 finish (mainstreetdailynews.com) — Lake Butler readers can cheer Union County High senior sprinter Amia Bethia, who earned sixth in the 100 meters and seventh in the 200 at the FHSAA Class 2A state meet. The story also recaps strong performances from several nearby North Florida schools, including Buchholz’s top-10 team finish and multiple medal-winning distance runners. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Read with a Dog
Alachua Branch - Snuggle-Up Center
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Teen / Tween Book Club
Alachua Branch - Learning Center
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W.A.C.K.Y. Wednesdays
Alachua Branch - Meeting Room
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Story Time
Alachua Branch - Meeting Room
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ArtSpace: Popsicle Stick Weaving
Waldo Branch - ARTspace
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Stitch & Chat
Alachua Branch - Meeting Room
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Clay Brooker @ Daft Cow Brewery - Alachua, FL. →
Daft Cow Brewery, 13800 Tech City Cir Suite 100, Alachua
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Saturday Story Time
Waldo Branch - Meeting Room
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Family Art Time
Waldo Branch - ARTspace
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Tween Book Club
Waldo Branch - Meeting Room
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Joey Norton & The Mystic Gorillas →
The Dancing Fish of Lake Santa Fe, 24800 FL-26, Melrose
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Clay Brooker @ Cedar River - Keystone Heights, FL. →
Cedar River Seafood, 7414 State Rd 21, Keystone Heights
7:00 pm
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
Saturday May 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for KFC Shift Supervisor in Starke. Apply here.
- Papa John's posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Starke. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lake Butler here.
🗞 Nearby News
Starke
- Budget conference: House wants to eliminate funding for Ron DeSantis' Florida State Guard (floridapolitics.com)
- Florida Death Row Inmate Fights Execution As Attorneys Point To Mystery Fingerprint (tampafp.com)
- LifeSouth Community Blood Centers urges community to donate blood during National EMS Week (alachuachronicle.com)
Alachua
- Alachua County's rural broadband deployment passes 80% mark (mainstreetdailynews.com)
- Alachua County leaders at odds over homeless youth support and school vacancies (wcjb.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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