🌱 Ashland-backed Crate Classic headlines Friday night at Big Diamond Speedway
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- Ashland-backed Crate Classic headlines Friday night at Big Diamond Speedway
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 64 and low of 47 degrees.
- Thursday: Clouds and sun with a shower, temps: high: 58, low: 46.
- Friday: A shower; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 65 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 602 Sportsman Crate Classic takes main spotlight this Friday at Big Diamond Speedway.$2000-to-win and $225 to start: 358 Modifieds and Roadrunners also in action (speedwaydigest.com) — Racing fans from Ashland will see a hometown business, Red White and Blue Autos on Hoffman Boulevard, sponsor Big Diamond Speedway’s Crate Classic this Friday, May 15. The 30-lap 602 Crate Sportsman feature pays $2,000 to win, with 358 Modifieds and Roadrunners also on the card, plus full details on admission prices and start times. 
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Literature Make-Ups
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Launch Pottsville III Final Presentations →
Arrow Studio & Events, 316 N Centre St, Pottsville
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Rohrbach's Farm Market, 240 Southern Dr, Catawissa
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Kindergarten Field Trip to Green Horse Farm
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BIO Make-Ups
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Activities Committee Meeting
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