🌱 Patch AM: How a Kenner fan is stitching herself into K-pop culture

Good day Kenner! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Kenner fan is stitching herself into K-pop culture

Today's riddle: What do the letter "t" and island have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 97 and low of 80 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 98, low: 80.
• Tuesday: An afternoon t-storm; hot, with a high of 96 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• After 'K-pop Demon Hunters' swept the nation, K-pop is catching on in New Orleans (nola.com) — Kenner gets a shoutout through local fan and seamstress Meghan Haas Kirsch, who designs elaborate K-pop-inspired outfits for concerts and cosplay. The story follows her and other south Louisiana fans gathering at a New Orleans tea shop to trade photocards, share music, and build community around K-pop's growing popularity across the region.
   

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Monday August 17
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Tuesday August 18
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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 18
• Employees' Retirement System of Jefferson Parish Quarterly Meeting →
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  1:30 pm
• Jefferson Parish Library Board Meeting →
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  4:00 pm
Thursday August 20
• ABWA - Women's Networking Meeting
  Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Fleming's Steakhouse 3064 N Causeway Blvd Metairie
  11:00 am
• Planning Advisory Board General Meeting →
  Jefferson Parish, LA Calendar, 1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard Council Chamber, Jefferson
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Just had a young person knock on my door with ATT vest and badge asking me for a bottle of water and wanted to talk to me- I kept telling him I wasn't interested and ended up closing the door in his face!
  Beware of this- I don't think it was actually a real ATT person. (Nextdoor Beachview Heights)
• Deluxe Construction & Handyman LLC:
  Reliable, professional home improvements.Need a trustworthy expert to tackle your home to-do list? Deluxe Construction & Handyman LLC is here to help… (Nextdoor Lake Trail)

• Alliance Ground International, LLC posted a job opening for Ramp agent in Kenner. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(05230) - 345 W Esplanade Ave in Kenner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kenner here.

🗞 Nearby News

Metairie

• After Houston man killed inside Metairie apartment, suspect indicted on murder charge (nola.com)
• Blake Pontchartrain: The funeral home history of the Jazz & Heritage Center building (nola.com)
• What's GoiNg On in Sports?: Remembering Skip Bertman, Jayden Daniels' jersey battle and breaking down the Saints joint practice (wgno.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They're both in the middle of water (Thank you Dianna S. for sending it in!)
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