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In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Plano pediatric therapist shaping kids' development and future OTs
  • How soon could air taxis link Plano to DFW's busiest hubs?
  • How did Plano's mosque respond to armed protesters at Friday prayers?

Also on today's calendar: Fluffy & G Mobile Grooming Pet Owners Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 101 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Sizzling sunshine and hot, temps: high: 100, low: 80.
  • Tuesday: Hot with sunshine, with a high of 98 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cara Bowling OTR, MOT (stkate.edu) — Plano families may recognize occupational therapist Cara Bowling, who works at Children's Language Development Center, specializing in outpatient pediatric care. With more than a decade of experience and advanced sensory integration training, she focuses on how sensory processing and developmental differences affect kids' daily lives. She also teaches occupational therapy students at St. Kate's Dallas campus.
   

• Joby Aviation Flies Electric Air Taxi Into DFW: Every Approach Writes US Commercial Rules (techtimes.com) — Electric air taxi flights in North Texas this week include a planned route linking Alliance Airport with Toyota's corporate campus in Plano, signaling how future air taxi service could directly connect local jobs and businesses. Under FAA oversight, these demonstration flights are helping write the national safety rules that will eventually govern commercial eVTOL service residents may one day use around DFW and Plano.
   

• As protesters gather outside, life inside a Plano mosque carries on (dallasnews.com) — Worshippers at a Plano mosque continued their Friday prayers as about 50 anti-Islam protesters, some armed and carrying provocative signs, demonstrated outside and were met by roughly 40 interfaith counterprotesters. Mosque leaders coordinated with police and volunteers to keep the grounds secure while services proceeded normally. Longtime congregants say rising Islamophobic rhetoric in North Texas feels markedly different from earlier decades.
   

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    Found dog near 15th and Ohio We have tried contacting the number on the collar, but no answer. Wanted to post here in case the owner is on here. (Nextdoor Eldorado Park)
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    Additionally, to help my daughter settle in faster, I'm looking for an ESL volunteer in the neighborhood to help her practice English. In return, we… (Nextdoor Oak Point Estates)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They start each day with a cup of caw-fee. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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