🌱 How Harker Heights’ “Cake Lady” built a sweet multicultural success story
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In today's newsletter:
- How Harker Heights’ “Cake Lady” built a sweet multicultural success story
- Which Harker Heights student artists are headed to a statewide stage?
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Humid with showers, with a high of 80 and low of 71 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 68.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Central Texas' beloved ‘Cake Lady' proves Hispanic heritage isn't defined by a single mold (kwtx.com) — A Harker Heights baker known as “The Cake Lady” has turned Lily’s Cakes and several other local restaurants into a thriving Central Texas business presence while sharing her Venezuelan and Syrian roots. Her story highlights how Hispanic heritage can span multiple countries and languages, and how she brings those traditions into local celebrations like quinceañera expos that many Harker Heights families attend. 
• Four Killeen ISD Student Artists Selected for Statewide Exhibition (fox44news.com) — Student artists from Harker Heights High School are among four Killeen ISD students chosen for a prestigious statewide art exhibition at the txEDCON conference in Houston this month. Their work will be viewed by education leaders from across Texas, showcasing the creativity coming out of Harker Heights classrooms and reinforcing that local student art can reach audiences far beyond the district.
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★ Featured events ★
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Bellamy Brothers →
Johnny's Steaks & Bar-Be-Que, 301 Thomas Arnold Rd, Salado
6:00 pm
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
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College & Career Planning: FAFSA
Killeen ISD Career Center, 1320 Stagecoach Dr., Killeen
6:00 pm -
Spencer Welch-Nature and Nurture Exhibit Opening
Baugh Center for the Visual Arts, 206 Art Gallery, Harker Heights
5:00 pm -
MPR Coffee with Council Member →
Mary Ruth Briggs Library - City Hall, 8 Morgan's Point Blvd., Morgan's Point Resort
8:00 am -
Pre-Area Choir Clinic
Meyer Christian Studies Center, 101 Manning Chapel, Harker Heights
8:00 am
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Lions on the Leon Captain "D" Dash for "Sight" 5K Run/Walk →
Belton TX
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Ministry with the Forgotten: Dementia Through a Spiritual Lens →
First UMC Belton, 205 East 3rd Avenue, Belton
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Baptism Sunday →
500 South I-35, Belton -
Moomoo’s and Mimosas →
711 North 8th Street, Killeen
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The Art of Aging →
Killeen Civic and Conference Center, 3601 South W S Young Drive, Killeen
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Celtic Christian Contemplative Service →
First Presbyterian Church, 2500 Church St, Belton
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College & Career Planning: FAFSA
Killeen ISD Career Center, 1320 Stagecoach Dr., Killeen
6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Anyone have recommendation for good home cleaners?
I’m in Salado Lakeview, near the bridge to Harker Heights. TYIA (Nextdoor Lakeview) - A wise man questions the question, seeking first to comprehend, then be comprehended.
But a fool questions not, seeking to be heard before he hears. -IKII (Nextdoor Tuscany Meadows)
- Bricktown Restaurant Group - Quail Springs Culinary posted a job opening for Expeditor in Killeen. Apply here.
- Central Texas College posted a job opening for Adjunct Instructor-Fine Art/music Ft. Benning in Killeen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Harker Heights here.
🗞 Nearby News
Killeen
- Four Killeen ISD students selected for statewide art exhibition (kcentv.com)
- Killeen Council to consider Peoples as next City Manager (fox44news.com)
- Killeen housing market shifts in favor of buyers (kwtx.com)
Fort Hood
- Fort Hood hosts National Night Out celebration (forthoodmediacenter.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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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