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🌱 HSFB - Frontenac @ Girard (SR) and 11 more events
Coming up: HSCC - @ Baldwin on the Girard Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- HSFB - Frontenac @ Girard (SR) at Girard USD 248
- HSCC - @ Baldwin at Girard USD 248
- HSVB - @ Chanute (V) Tournament at Girard USD 248
... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!
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- Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
- Friday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 70, low: 55.
- Saturday: Some sun with a stray t-storm, with a high of 72 and low of 52 degrees.
📸 Around Girard
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Girard
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- HSFB - Frontenac @ Girard (SR)
Girard USD 248, 415 N Summit St, Girard
7:00 pm - HSCC - @ Baldwin
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
8:30 am - HSVB - @ Chanute (V) Tournament
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
9:00 am - MS Volleyball @ Galena
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
5:00 pm - HSFB - Girard @ Frontenac (JV)
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
6:00 pm - 4th/5th Music Program
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
6:00 pm - HSGG - @ Baxter (V)
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
1:00 pm - MS Cross Country @ Pittsburg
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
4:00 pm - MS Volleyball @ Galena Tri (A Teams Only)
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
4:30 pm - HSVB - @ Baxter (V/JV/C)- Baxter, Girard - League (SR)
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
5:00 pm - MS Volleyball League Tournament @ Baxter (Times TBA)
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
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🗓 Events Nearby
- JH Tri Volleyball @ Oswego
Northeast USD 246 Arma, KS 66712
5:00 pm
Thursday October 1
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🗞 Nearby News
Frontenac
- 11 Old-School Kansas Steakhouses That Beat Any Fancy Place Around (takingthekids.com)
Pittsburg
- Carolyn Laughlin (blogspot.com)
- Regents note second straight year of enrollment growth at ESU, enrollment decline at FHTC (kvoe.com)
- Kansas Legislature's budget cuts compel Fort Hays State University to close Sternberg Museum (newsfromthestates.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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