🌱 How $50,000 in new grants will impact Cuba-area nonprofits

Hi there, Cuba! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How $50,000 in new grants will impact Cuba-area nonprofits
• Cuba community remembers the life of Marjorie Ellen Tessaro

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees.
• Friday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 68, low: 50.
• Saturday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Impact 100 Crawford County awards $50k to local nonprofits (threeriverspublishing.com) — Local nonprofits, including the Cuba Senior Center, just received a share of $50,000 in Impact 100 Crawford County grants, helping fund projects that directly serve Cuba-area residents. From a new LED sign at The Gathering Place to youth sports facilities and mental health camps, organizers highlighted how these donations will strengthen community connections and services across Crawford County.
   

• Marjorie Ellen Tessaro (threeriverspublishing.com) — Family and friends in Cuba are mourning Marjorie "Margie" Ellen Tessaro, whose burial took place at Meramec Hill Cemetery in Cuba after services in St. James. Survived by children and grandchildren with strong ties to Cuba and nearby towns, her life is remembered through a close-knit extended family across the region.
   

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Thursday October 1
• HS Boys Baseball @ Richland
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  4:30 pm
• Bourbon Elementary Title I Family Night →
  Bourbon Elementary School, 357 Jost St, Bourbon
  4:30 pm
• MS Boys and Girls BB 7/8 vs. Laquey
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  5:00 pm
• HS Girls Volleyball @ Dixon
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  5:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Movie Night in the Gardens: The Goonies →
  St. James MO
• MS Girls 7/8 BB @ Salem
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  5:00 pm
Monday October 5
• HS Boys Baseball home vs Bismarck
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  4:30 pm
• HS Girls Volleyball @ New Haven
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  5:00 pm
• MS Boys and Girls BB 8th @ Viburnum bus time 3pm
  Bourbon High School Bourbon, MO 65441
  5:00 pm
• MS 7/8th Girls Basketball vs. Pacific
  Sullivan Middle School, 1156 Elmont Rd, Sullivan
  5:30 pm
• New Haven at Bourbon →
  Bourbon High School, 1500 S. Old Highway 66, Bourbon
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Love this guy !
  Always happy with all his work! He's cutting back on large jobs though!! (Nextdoor Indian Hills Lake)

• SPX posted a job opening for Assembler - 1st Shift (Cuba, Missouri (MO), US, 65453) in Cuba. Apply here.
• Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for IHOP Cook in Cuba. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cuba here.

🗞 Nearby News

Steelville

• Margo Lynn Clonts (threeriverspublishing.com)

Owensville

• OMS Dutchgirl basketball sweeps Hermann, Steelville (gasconadecountyrepublican.com)
• Jerry Adkison, Sr. 1963-2026 (gasconadecountyrepublican.com)
• Catherine Bunners 1960-2026 (gasconadecountyrepublican.com)

Rolla

• Hall of Famer Sandquist glad he made Rolla home (phelpscountyfocus.com)
• Team Anita Golf Benefit opens registration (threeriverspublishing.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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