🌱 How Exira-EHK runners stacked up at the Manning cross-country meet

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In today's newsletter:

• How Exira-EHK runners stacked up at the Manning cross-country meet

Also on today's calendar: Blue Plate Mystery Dinner & Auction.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny much of the time, with a high of 69 and low of 48 degrees.
• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 37.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 67 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Spartans Brown is 2nd; Panthers Sporrer Wins: IKM Manning XC Meet Results (westerniowatoday.com) — Exira-EHK runners made a strong showing at Thursday’s IKM-Manning cross-country meet, with Lexi Brown taking second overall and Michelle Wilson cracking the top 20. The Exira-EHK boys also placed eighth as a team in a deep field, while Winterset swept both the girls and boys team titles against several western Iowa programs.
   

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Saturday October 3

• Blue Plate Mystery Dinner & Auction →
  Cass County Community Building, 805 W 10th St, Atlantic
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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday October 4

• Fireman's Donation Breakfast →
  Atlantic Fire Department, 1203 SW 7th Street, Atlantic
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Monday October 5

• Football: Audubon vs Southwest Valley (Junior High)
  Southwest Valley Junior High Football Field
  4:00 pm
• Girls Cross Country: (Varsity)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Girls Cross Country: (Junior High)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Boys Cross Country: (Varsity)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Boys Cross Country: (Junior High)
  Shadow Valley Golf Course
  4:30 pm
• Book Edge Stenciling →
  Atlantic IA
  5:00 pm
• Football: Creston vs Harlan Community (Junior Varsity)
  Merrill Field
  6:00 pm
• Football: Audubon vs Southwest Valley (Junior Varsity)
  Southwest Valley Junior High Football Field
  6:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• VIP Connections →
  Atlantic IA
  10:00 am
• Volleyball: HCHS Varsity Triangular (Varsity)
  Harlan High School
  4:30 pm
• Civil Rights 101 →
  Atlantic IA
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Ohio State to participate in Hawkeye Wave during Iowa game. What to know (dispatch.com)

Atlantic

• Atlantic Travels to Perry in Week 6 Class 3A Football (kjan.com)
• Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Announces 'Fire Up the Deals' Ahead of Annual Fireman's Parade (kjan.com)
• General Election Voter Pre-Registration and Absentee Ballot Request Deadline is October 19th (kjan.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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