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🌱 Meet the Alamo communications team behind 16 awards this year

Alamo, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Alamo! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Alamo communications team behind 16 awards this year
  • UTRGV’s new major puts Valley heritage on a career path
  • How a Santa Ana ocelot photo helped shape a novel

Also on today's calendar: Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 72 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 79, low: 60.
  • Friday: Sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• City of Alamo Communications Team Wins Seven State Awards for Excellence (texasborderbusiness.com) — Alamo’s three-person communications team earned seven statewide awards for its work explaining city services, projects and public safety. The honors included first place in environmental programming and long-format series, adding to nine national awards the department received earlier this year.
   

• New major at UTRGV aims to help keep Valley heritage alive (krgv.com) — UTRGV’s new public heritage and community engagement major aims to prepare students for work preserving the Valley’s museums, parks and cultural resources. Classes have visited sites including Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge near Alamo, while museum leaders describe a need for staff skilled in education, archives and creating content.
   

• Karen Olsson on Writing About the Endangered Species of South Texas (lithub.com) — An ocelot photograph at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge near Alamo stayed with novelist Karen Olsson for nearly two decades and helped shape her new book, Dear Thorns. In an interview, she explains how South Texas wildlife, habitat loss and research at Laguna Atascosa informed her fictional biologist’s world.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Ordered this knife for my daughter.
    She's turning 16 years old next month. It's actually really small so she can fit in her purse or backpack but it looks larger in this photo. (Nextdoor Colonia)
  • Sonic posted a job opening for Crew Member in San Juan. Apply here.
  • Driven Brands, Inc. posted a job opening for Oil Change Assistant Manager - Shop#732 - 103 N Cesar Chavez Rd in San Juan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alamo here.

🗞 Nearby News

San Juan

  • Beer, BBQ and Texas: Enjoy a night out with Post Oak Beer Garden at GW's BBQ (myrgv.com)
  • Bob Mills, founder of Bob Mills Furniture, dies (ksn.com)
  • Hispanic civil rights group wants Democrats they helped get elected to get ‘ICE out' (kxan.com)

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Ok Alamo! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Alamo

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.