🌱 How Waco’s own golfer is helping lead the Huskers

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• How Waco’s own golfer is helping lead the Huskers

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.
• Sunday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 70, low: 45.
• Monday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Huskers Head to Arkansas for Blessings Collegiate (sandhillspost.com) — Husker golfer Jaxson Hinze, from Waco is back in the Nebraska lineup as the men’s team heads to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Blessings Collegiate tournament Oct. 3–5. The article highlights Hinze’s strong recent performances and emphasizes how a record share of homegrown Nebraskans, including a Waco native, now anchor the Huskers’ roster.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd →
  Yorkshire Playhouse, 517 N Lincoln Ave, York
  2:00 pm

Monday October 5

• Girls Softball: Columbus Lakeview vs Seward (Junior Varsity)
  Plum Creek Softball Field
  5:00 pm
• VB (JH) @ David City
  David City Public School, 750 D St, David City
  5:00 pm
• Boys Football: Northwest vs Seward (Junior Varsity)
  Northwest High School
  6:00 pm
• Girls Softball: Columbus Lakeview vs Seward (Varsity)
  Plum Creek Softball Field
  6:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Volleyball: Seward vs Aurora (Freshman)
  Aurora Middle School Gym
  5:00 pm
• Placeholder Event
  MC COOL JUNCTION PUBLIC SCHS SCHOOL DISTRICT McCool Junction, NE 68401
  5:30 pm
• Volleyball: Seward vs Aurora (Junior Varsity)
  Aurora Middle School Gym
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball: Seward vs Aurora (Varsity)
  Aurora Middle School Gym
  7:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Girls Volleyball: Schuyler vs Seward (Freshman)
  Seward High School Cage Gym
  5:00 pm
• Boys Football: Aurora vs Seward (Freshman)
  Seward High School
  6:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball: Schuyler vs Seward (Junior Varsity)
  Seward High School Cage Gym
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Collins Aerospace posted a job opening for 3rd Shift_ Machinist II_ Onsite in York. Apply here.
• Elior North America posted a job opening for Cashier in York. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waco here.

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🗞 Nearby News

York

• York volleyball rolls Beatrice (yorknewstimes.com)
• Looking back to build what's next — a monthly update from York County Development Corporation (justmelaniew.com)
• A Paws For Pets — What were their chances? (justmelaniew.com)

Seward

• Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 (sewardindependent.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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