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🌱 How Nickerson’s golfers stacked up at their rain-shortened home invitational
Coming up: Volleyball: Triangular @ Chapman on the Nickerson Patch calendar
What's up Nickerson! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
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In today's newsletter:
- How Nickerson's golfers stacked up at their rain-shortened home invitational
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 68 degrees.
- Wednesday: Heavy t-storms; breezy, humid, temps: high: 76, low: 65.
- Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Larned Wins Rain-shortened Nickerson Invitational golf Tournament - Ad Astra Radio (adastraradio.com) — Nickerson High's girls golf team hosted their own Nickerson Invitational at Crazy Horse Golf Course in Hutchinson, finishing third in a rain-shortened nine-hole tournament. Local standout Aubree Nikkel tied for fourth individually, with several Nickerson teammates placing competitively against schools from across central Kansas, including Larned, Buhler, Pretty Prairie, Hoisington, Kingman, Hutchinson Trinity, Pratt, Medicine Lodge, and Andale. 
📸 Around Nickerson
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Nickerson
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- Volleyball: Triangular @ Chapman
Nickerson High, 622 N Marshall St, Chapman
5:00 pm - Football: Sedgwick vs Nickerson (Varsity)
Nickerson High, 305 S Nickerson St A, Nickerson
7:00 pm - Football: Nickerson @ Sedgwick (JV)
Nickerson High, 400 W 4th St, Sedgwick
5:00 pm - Volleyball Triangular @ Hoisington
Nickerson High, 218 E 7th St, Hoisington
5:00 pm - Varsity Football vs Pratt
Nickerson High, 305 S Nickerson St A, Nickerson
7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Friday October 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Craft-Cutter Workshop →
Hutchinson Public Library – Makerspace, 901 N Main St, Hutchinson
10:30 am - Baby Time →
Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N Main St, Hutchinson
11:00 am - Girls Golf @ Pretty Prairie
Nickerson USD 309, 1 Power Dr, Pretty Prairie
1:00 pm - Girls Tennis: Kingman V. Tennis Quad (Varsity)
Nickerson USD 309, 260 W Kansas Ave, Kingman
3:00 pm - Boys & Girls Cross Country: Lyons Meet
Nickerson USD 309, 601 E American Rd, Lyons
4:00 pm - Girls Cross Country: Salina Invitational (Middle School)
Webster Conference Center
4:00 pm - Boys Cross Country: Salina Invitational (Middle School)
Webster Conference Center
4:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- KMW, Ltd. posted a job opening for Welder in Sterling. Apply here.
- RB American Group posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Hutchinson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nickerson here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hutchinson
- Sr. Agatha Faimon 1928-2026 (hutchpost.com)
- 19th Downtown Hutchinson Rod Run set for Friday, Saturday (hutchpost.com)
- Prairie Oaks Inn owner urges Reno County to reject proposed transient guest tax (hutchpost.com)
McPherson
- McPherson Cross Country Faces Large Field at Rim Rock - Ad Astra Radio (adastraradio.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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