🌱 Patch AM: How a stolen car chase ended on a Plant City pool deck

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In today's newsletter:

• How a stolen car chase ended on a Plant City pool deck

Also on today's calendar: Metals & Nature | Decorative Iron Gates... and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Periods of sun; less humid, with a high of 89 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 89, low: 66.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 89 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Winter Haven man steals car, vape before fleeing to pool deck: HCSO (wfla.com) — A man from Winter Haven was arrested in Plant City after deputies say he stole a car from an occupied home on Alafia Hills Drive, grabbed a vape at a gas station on Paul Buchman Highway, and fled across local roads. An HCSO aviation unit tracked him until he bailed out on East Trapnell Road, where deputies arrested him on multiple theft, burglary, and traffic-related charges.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plant City

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• Metals & Nature | Decorative Iron Gates, Ornamental Metalwork & More! →
  Metals and Nature, 1501 FL-60, Plant City
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday October 14
• Financial Aid Night @ Wharton High School
  Trapnell, 20150 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• Entrepreneur/Small Business Consulting Services
  Plant City Chamber of Commerce, 2504 Walden Woods Drive, Plant City
  9:00 am
• Baby Café - Children's Board Family Resource Center (Plant City) →
  Children's Board Family Resource Center Plant City, 301 N Palmer St, Plant City
  10:00 am
• Annual BBQ Fundraiser
  Plant City Train Depot, 102 N Palmer Street, Plant City
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Church Workday →
  Plant City FL
• Fall Sip & Sprout Plant Festival →
  Metals & Nature, 1501 W State Rd 60, Plant City
  9:00 am
• CAT SHOW →
  TECO Hall Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds, 2301 W. Oak Avenue, Plant City
  9:00 am
• Metals & Nature | Decorative Iron Gates... →
  Metals and Nature, 1501 FL-60, Plant City
  9:00 am
• Come. Commune. Continue. Prayer Day →
  St Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 106 South Morgan Street, Plant City
  10:00 am
• Women Networking with Women →
  Fred's Market Restaurant, 1401 W Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Plant City
  11:30 am
• Youth Pickleball Party →
  Plant City FL
  5:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

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• 1519 Arthur Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33801 (redfin.com)
• 2 Lakeland High students arrested after handgun, ammunition found in desk: Polk deputies (wtsp.com)
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Brandon

• Brandon Blvd. Tunnel Restoration Underway; Businesses Remain Open (ospreyobserver.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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