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Also, don't miss Southern Express Band at Route 47 on the Fridley Patch calendar

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  • How Fridley teams fared as section tournaments get underway.

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Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 51 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading

• 10/7 Sports Recap: Blaine girls soccer shuts out 3 in a row as regular season nears end (hometownsource.com) — Fridley athletes are in the thick of late-season action, with girls soccer edging Cristo Rey Jesuit 1-0 and boys soccer tying Minnesota Transitions 6-6 before falling to Chisago Lakes in section play. The recap also tracks neighboring schools' soccer, swimming, cross-country, and volleyball results, plus key section tournament dates that shape Fridley's postseason path.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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