🌱 Did a Porter family’s camera catch FedEx mishandling pricey cabinets?

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• Did a Porter family’s camera catch FedEx mishandling pricey cabinets?

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

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• Saturday: Some sun with a stray shower, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 58.
• Monday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 80 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Porter family says FedEx workers threw, dropped packages off delivery truck (newson6.com) — A Porter family says their home security camera caught FedEx workers dropping and throwing boxes containing $2,200 in kitchen cabinets during a recent delivery, leaving the packages badly damaged. Home Depot has agreed to replace the cabinets, while FedEx says the behavior doesn’t meet its standards and promises to work with the customer, but the family is now facing project delays.
   

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Monday October 5

• 7/8 Football @ Summit Christian
  Porter Consolidated Schools Porter, OK 74454
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Tuesday October 6

• JH & HS Cross Country @ Checotah
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  Porter Consolidated Schools Porter, OK 74454
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• HS Football @ Talihina
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Saturday October 3

• Haskell Airport Coffee & Donuts Every Saturday (2K9) →
  Haskell Airport, OK-72, Haskell
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Monday October 5

• Rieger Memorial Library's Book Club →
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  5:00 pm
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  Rieger Memorial Library, 116 N Broadway, Haskell
  6:00 pm
• 7/8 Football @ Summit Christian
  Porter Consolidated Schools Porter, OK 74454
  6:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• JH & HS Cross Country @ Checotah
  Porter Consolidated Schools Porter, OK 74454
  7:45 am
• 5/6 Football @ Mounds
  Porter Consolidated Schools Porter, OK 74454
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Muskogee Little Theatre presents "The Crucible" (FINAL WEEKEND)
  Muskogee Little Theatre, 311 South 3rd Street, Muskogee

Friday October 9

• HS Football @ Talihina
  Porter Consolidated Schools Porter, OK 74454
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Coweta

• Coweta fire station construction takes shape after years of delays (kjrh.com)
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• Vote: Who Was the Oklahoma High School Football Player of the Week? (Sept. 24-26) (newsbreak.com)

Wagoner

• One in custody after allegedly firing gun at family members, children (okcfox.com)

Muskogee

• Chicago firm plans huge solar farm near Muskogee (okenergytoday.com)
• Georgia-Pacific's Muskogee mill celebrates 50 years of tissue manufacturing (tissueonlinenorthamerica.com)

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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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