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🌱 How Kempton ranger training helped shape a new CAP wing commander

Kempton, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Kempton ranger training helped shape a new CAP wing commander

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A brief morning shower or two, with a high of 64 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 46.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Company news: Col. Michael Woolfolk takes command of Civil Air Patrol's New York Wing (newyorkupstate.com) — Kempton gets a brief spotlight as the home of Hawk Mountain Ranger School, where new Civil Air Patrol New York Wing commander Col. Michael Woolfolk earned an advanced ranger qualification. The story focuses on his long banking career, academic credentials, and leadership vision for the volunteer Air Force auxiliary, but it also underscores the specialized emergency-services training that connects back to Pennsylvania.
   

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  • TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for American Airlines Gate Agent in Kempton. Apply here.
  • Redner's Markets, Inc. posted a job opening for Produce clerk in Hamburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kempton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hamburg

  • Pedestrian killed by SUV on Interstate 78 in Berks ID'd as New York man [Updated] (pottsmerc.com)
  • 4/20 Playbook: No Love For Fetterman Among Pennsylvania Dems (politicspa.com)

Kutztown

  • Kutztown University to Host Fitness Clinic and Competition at Keith Haring Fitness Court (bctv.org)
  • Economist John J. Siegfried named 2026 Kutztown Distinguished Alumnus (readingeagle.com)
  • Kutztown University strengthens entrepreneurship in Berks County with free illuminate event for business growth and networking (berksweekly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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