🌱 How a new novel reimagines Rhome’s mysterious 1897 airship sightings

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In today's newsletter:

• How a new novel reimagines Rhome’s mysterious 1897 airship sightings

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 91, low: 68.
• Friday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 91 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Flight and Light (theloopnewspaper.com) — A new historical novel centers on Rhome in 1897, following an aging explorer who returns to town seeking both an airship sighting and redemption for past tragedies. Through his encounters with townspeople and long-buried injustices, the story explores how prejudice, politics, and hope echo from Rhome’s past into the present day.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rhome

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Thursday May 14

• Senior Breakfast
  First United Methodist Church, 104 S Miller St, Decatur
  8:00 am
• Baccalaureate Rehearsal
  First Baptist Church, 1200 Preskitt Rd building 100, Decatur
  9:00 am
• Senior Banquet
  Decatur Conference Center, 2010 US-380, Decatur
  6:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Baccalaureate Service
  First Baptist Church, 1200 Preskitt Rd building 100, Decatur
  2:00 pm

Monday May 18

• Senior Sunset
  Eagle Stadium, 608 E Shoemaker St, Decatur
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• 2026-27 Booster Club/PTO Annual Planning Meeting
  Azle ISD 301 Church St, Azle, TX 76020, USA
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Track- State, 8am
  Boyd ISD Boyd, TX 76023
• CTHS Middle School Gymnastics Tryouts
  Ed Willkie Middle School Chisholm Trail High School Gymnastics Gym
  5:30 pm
• FFA- Boyd FFA Banquet in Cafeteria @ 6pm
  Boyd ISD Boyd, TX 76023
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Peace Officers Memorial Day
  Azle ISD Azle, TX 76020
• EME Field Day
  Eagle Mountain Elementary Campus
  8:00 am
• EWMS Immunization Clinic
  Ed Willkie Middle School
  8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Cart Attendant in Haslet. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Boyd

• Jerry D. Shawn (wcmessenger.com)

Justin

• School in Justin one of two in Northwest ISD to serve free summer meals - Cross Timbers Gazette Southern Denton County Flower Mound (crosstimbersgazette.com)

Azle

• Kora Clark's scientific theory: Life is messy and cats make it worth living (texannews.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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