🌱 Patch AM: Why over 1,000 Kenner customers suddenly lost power Friday night

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In today's newsletter:

• Why over 1,000 Kenner customers suddenly lost power Friday night
• How a Kenner teacher turned a rundown theater into a powerhouse

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 88 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 88, low: 66.
• Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Over 1,000 briefly without power in Kenner as Hurricane Isaias nears landfall in Florida panhandle (nola.com) — More than 1,000 Entergy customers in the Kenner area briefly lost power Friday evening as outer wind bands from Hurricane Isaias swept through. Most Kenner residents had electricity restored within about an hour, and forecasters expect only limited local impacts as the storm makes landfall near the Florida Panhandle.
   

• In Jefferson Parish, a high school theater teacher gives her students a professional edge (nola.com) — A longtime theater teacher at Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School in Kenner has transformed a once-neglected program into a grant-funded, pre-professional training ground for about 50 students each year. By aggressively pursuing nearly $300,000 in grants, she's upgraded equipment, eliminated student fees, and built a program that gives Kenner-area teens real-world technical and performance experience they can carry into college or careers.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• As a long time groomer it's dogs like this that make me love my job.
  Cici is a rescue that didn't have a gentle start. Although she's shy at first this girl is pure love. Such a great ending to my day. (Nextdoor Compromise)

• Areas USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Commissary Porter in Kenner. Apply here.
• Rallys posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Kenner. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kenner here.

🗞 Nearby News

Metairie

• NOLA Dogs Race to the Rescue 5K helping local shelters (wdsu.com)
• 'Rocky Horror' is a 50-year tradition of mess and chaos. This NOLA theatre does it anyway. (nola.com)
• Live music in New Orleans: Hayley Williams, $UICIDEBOY$, Tom Jones, Bright Eyes (nola.com)

Harahan

• No. 17 Tulane Opens Colonial Lanes Classic with 4-1 Record (tulanegreenwave.com)

Jefferson

• Jefferson Parish Schools will use billboards to recruit students: 'We have to think out of the box' (nola.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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