🌱 Main Street Gardnerville Annual Coffin Races & Fall Festival and 11 more events

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 50 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Increasing clouds and hot, temps: high: 90, low: 50.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 49 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Main Street Gardnerville Annual Coffin Races & Fall Festival →
  Main Street, Gardnerville
  9:00 am

Tuesday October 6

• Gardnerville Town Board Meeting →
  Town of Gardnerville Administrative Office, 1407 Hwy 395 N, Gardnerville
  4:30 pm

Thursday October 8

• Crafternoon →
  Lyon County Library - Yerington NV 89447
  1:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Pershing County JV Football @ Yerington →
  Yerington High School, 114 Pearl St, Yerington
  4:30 pm
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Right Boys Come to Minden →
  CVIC Hall, 1604 Esmeralda Avenue, Minden
  7:00 pm

Saturday October 10

• Workshop: Minden, October →
  Kids n Horses, Minden
  8:00 am
• 6th Annual Carson Valley Art Studio Tour & Concert →
  Carson Valley Arts Council, 1572 U.S. Hwy 395 N # A, Minden
  10:00 am
• Acoustic Solution at Eastern Sierra Feed farmers market →
  Eastern Sierra Feed, 1245 Waterloo Ln, Gardnerville
  3:00 pm

Monday October 12

• Carson Valley VFW, Post 8583 Meeting →
  Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge, 1227 Kimmerling Rd., Gardnerville
  5:30 pm

Friday October 16

• Minden-Tahoe SkyFest →
  Minden-Tahoe Airport, 1146 Airport Road, Minden
  10:00 am

Friday October 23

• West Wendover Girls JV Volleyball @ Yerington →
  Yerington High School, 114 Pearl St, Yerington
  4:00 pm
• North Tahoe at Yerington →
  Yerington NV
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pioneer Crossing - Yerington Gaming posted a job opening for Drop Porter in Yerington. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist in Yerington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Smith Valley here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yerington

• Six Oasis runners post personal bests at Truckee Invitational (thefallonpost.org)
• 8 Slow-Paced Towns In Nevada Where Life Is Still Simple (takingthekids.com)

Gardnerville

• Heritage Park prepares for annual coffin races (recordcourier.com)
• This Nevada Stable Lets Kids As Young As Four Guide A Horse Through An Obstacle Course (takingthekids.com)

Minden

• Q&A with Aaron Ford as he runs for governor of Nevada (thenevadannews.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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