🌱 Planning a Route 66 trip? See why Grants is a key stop.

Hey there, Grants! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Planning a Route 66 trip? See why Grants is a key stop.

Also on today's calendar: Spokes on 66 Car Show.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 81 and low of 41 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 80, low: 45.
• Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 82 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• More than 66 fascinating, fun and downright cool stops along Route 66 (latimes.com subscription) — If you’re planning a Route 66 drive, this guide highlights a classic 1950s motel in Grants as a convenient, affordable stop between Albuquerque and Gallup, with easy access to El Malpais, the Ice Cave, and the New Mexico Mining Museum. It also showcases nearby Milan’s inventive Now Thatz Good Eden restaurant, plus dozens of other nostalgic attractions from Chicago to Santa Monica for a full Mother Road itinerary.
   

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📸 Around Grants

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grants

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★ Featured events ★

Friday May 29

• Race - Legacy Speedway — Visit Grants →
  Legacy Speedway, 1844 NM-605, Milan
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday June 6

• Spokes on 66 Car Show →
  Grants Mainstreet Project, 523 W Santa Fe Ave, Grants
  10:00 am

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📣 Grants Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 20

• Crownpoint High School Graduation
  Thoreau High, 1 Eagle Dr, Crownpoint
  6:30 pm
• Thoreau High School Graduation
  Thoreau High, 4 Hawk Cir, Thoreau
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 21

• Gallup High School Graduation
  Thoreau High, 700-916 S Grandview Dr, Gallup
  6:30 pm
• Navajo Pine High School Graduatiopn
  Thoreau High, 1 Walnut Ave, Navajo
  6:30 pm

Friday May 22

• Ramah High School Graduation
  Thoreau High, 74 S Bloomfield Ave, Ramah
  6:30 pm
• Hiroshi Miyamura High School Graduation
  Thoreau High, 700-916 S Grandview Dr, Gallup
  6:30 pm

Wednesday July 15

• NMDOT District 6 Envision Sustainability Professional Training →
  1919 Pinon Dr, Milan
  1:30 pm

Friday August 7

• Rugged West side-by-side rally →
  Grants/Cibola County Chamber of Commerce, 100 Iron Ave, Grants
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sonic Corporation posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Grants. Apply here.
• Wells Fargo & Company posted a job opening for Personal Banker North Mountain in Grants. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grants here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Gallup

• NM House District 6 candidate Q&As: Priscilla Benally (nmindepth.com)
• You know the tune. Now learn the astonishing tale behind '(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66' (fresnobee.com)
• MON: Suspect in Navajo woman's disappearance sentenced to 5 years for robbery after plea deal, + More (kunm.org)

Los Lunas

• Wyatt Padilla leaves the Lobo after a rewarding year (dailylobo.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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