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🌱 How Potomac Heights volunteers found two kayakers missing for 30 hours
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- How Potomac Heights volunteers found two kayakers missing for 30 hours
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- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Very warm with some sun, temps: high: 89, low: 64.
- Saturday: Cooler, with a high of 68 and low of 59 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Charles County Volunteers Find Two Missing Kayakers Nearly 30 Hours After They Were Last Seen (smnewsnet.com) — A Charles County fireboat crew located two missing kayakers near Craney Island, just north of the Potomac Heights area, after they'd been unaccounted for about 30 hours. Volunteers from the Tenth District Fire Department safely rescued and transferred the pair for evaluation, underscoring how Potomac Heights' nearby waterways rely on well-equipped marine units and regional cooperation for emergencies. 
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- Library After Hours: Live Music with Carly Harvey
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9:30 am - Morning Storytime
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10:00 am - Unplug and Unwind
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6:00 pm
Friday October 2
Tuesday October 6
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cuddle Time
La Plata Branch -
9:00 am - Morning Storytime
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10:00 am - Cute and Courteous Canines
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10:45 am - Thomas Stone homecoming game
Charles County Public Schools La Plata, MD 20646
6:00 pm - Library After Hours: Live Music with Carly Harvey
Potomac Branch -
7:00 pm - It Took a Nation: The Revolutionary History of Marshall Hall
Marshall Hall
11:00 am - McDonough at Lackey →
Lackey High School, 3000 Chicamuxen Rd, Indian Head
12:00 pm - Jazz & Wine Festival
Village Green Park Indian Head MD
12:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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🗞 Nearby News
Indian Head
- Navy's Indian Head Base Scales Up Missile Motor Production (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
- Why Disaster Preparedness Is Everyone's Job (outsideonline.com)
- Leonardtown Girls Soccer Rolls Past Lackey 11-0 To Stay Undefeated (thebaynet.com)
La Plata
- La Plata boys soccer edges McDonough (somdnews.com)
- Books To Go: Charles County Library Helps Stock New Children's Reading Area At Social Services (thebaynet.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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