🌱 How a Parkdale High alum rose to major in U.S. Park Police
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- How a Parkdale High alum rose to major in U.S. Park Police
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and less humid, temps: high: 82, low: 67.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Guide to the Gretchen W. Merkle Papers (nps.gov) — A notable National Park Service leader once walked the halls of Parkdale Senior High School right in Riverdale before rising through the ranks of the U.S. Park Police. Her newly processed papers at the NPS History Collection in Harpers Ferry document her trailblazing law enforcement career, gender discrimination case, and leadership roles from Washington, DC to San Francisco. 
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Pasadena
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Glen Burnie
- MD Man Carjacked While Waiting In Taco Bell Drive-Thru (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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