🌱 Patch AM: How you can join Lafayette Roller Derby on or off skates

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In today's newsletter:

• How you can join Lafayette Roller Derby on or off skates

Also on today's calendar: Westminster Village Annual Bazaar and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 43 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 51.
• Wednesday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lafayette Roller Derby Kicks off home season with a place for everyone (wlfi.com) — Lafayette Roller Derby has launched its home season, inviting Greater Lafayette residents to skate, officiate, or cheer from the stands. With two local teams and roles for all comfort levels, organizers emphasize community as much as competition and encourage anyone curious about the sport to connect with the league for future bouts and volunteer opportunities.
   

📸 Around Lafayette

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lafayette

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5
• Monday Munchies: Lafayette | Foodies + New Friends →
  Restaurant of the Week, Main Street, Lafayette
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 6
• JV Finale →
  Lafayette IN
• Profit Builders →
  River City Community Center, 2842 Old US 231 South, Lafayette
  9:00 am
Wednesday October 7
• Rethinking Nature and Landscape in Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonia →
  Thomas Duncan Community Hall, 619 Ferry Street, Lafayette
• SEEDS →
  Service Master Advantage, 3410 Rascal Dr, Lafayette
  8:15 am
• Caregiver Support Group (Franciscan Lafayette) →
  Franciscan Health Lafayette, 1701 S. Creasy Lane, Lafayette
  5:30 pm
• MK BAND at Teays River Brewing →
  Teays River Brewing, Lafayette
  7:00 pm
• MK BAND →
  Lafayette IN
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Vickie Maris, Michael Kelsey & Scott Greeson at Riehle Plaza - Downtown Lafayette, Indiana →
  Riehle Plaza - Downtown Lafayette, Indiana, 200 North 2nd Street, Lafayette
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Hoosier Conference @ LCC →
  Lafayette IN
• HHC XC Meet →
  Lafayette IN
Saturday October 24
• Westminster Village Annual Bazaar →
  2741 N Salisbury St, West Lafayette
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tomorrow gonna be a good day.
  Making some smoked hot honey ribs. Some homemade smoked Mac and cheese with jalapenos and a bacon crumble topping. And corn on the Cobb. (Nextdoor Edgelea)
• Just want you all to know.
  We have been to LONG JOHN SILVERS 3 times in the last three weeks and the fish was WONDERFUL. CRISPY AND NOT GREASY. The people in there are very… (Nextdoor Maple Point / Sagamore)

• Walmart posted a job opening for Online Order Filling Team Supervisor in Lafayette. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Cashier in Lafayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Lafayette

• Flowers, cider mark Medley's final U-pick event of season (purdueexponent.org)
• Students, community members join to 'De-Trash the Wabash' (purdueexponent.org)
• Same storm, different skies: Why U.S. and Argentine farmers see future so differently (shawlocal.com)

Crawfordsville

• Local Record: Oct. 3, 2026 (journalreview.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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