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🌱 What a new $292,500 T-hangar means for Abilene flyers
Abilene, Kansas Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Abilene! 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. ☀️
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- What a new $292,500 T-hangar means for Abilene flyers
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.
- Thursday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 48.
- Friday: Not as warm, with a high of 70 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Kansas awards $18.9M for upgrades at 53 airports statewide (ksn.com) — Abilene Municipal Airport is set to receive $292,500 to build a new T-hangar, part of nearly $19 million in state grants for 53 Kansas airports. The project should improve local aviation capacity and support economic activity tied to business, medical, and recreational flights serving the Abilene area. 
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Baseball: Boys Varsity Doubleheader vs Hesston (Home)
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Tennis: Boys Varsity Tournament vs Salina South vs. Abilene (Awa
Salina South High School
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Baseball: Boys JV Doubleheader vs Concordia (Home)
Abilene Field 7
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Softball: Girls JV Doubleheader vs Abilene vs. Concordia (Away)
Bill Gravette Sports Complex
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Softball: Girls JV Doubleheader vs Concordia (Home)
Bill Gravette Sports Complex
4:30 pm
Thursday April 23
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🗞 Nearby News
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Salina
- Project Salina kicks off annual food drive for summer (salina.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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