🌱 Santa Fe mourns coach and former Astros prospect Jon Kemmer
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In today's newsletter:
- Santa Fe mourns coach and former Astros prospect Jon Kemmer
- How Texas’ red flag gun ban traces back to Santa Fe
Also on today's calendar: STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of League City-West.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Windy with clouds and sun, with a high of 83 and low of 72 degrees.
- Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 57.
- Sunday: A brief morning shower; windy, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Former MLB prospect, 35, killed in car crash while returning from coaching tournament (timebulletin.us) — A Santa Fe baseball coach and former Houston Astros minor leaguer, Jon Kemmer, was killed in a rollover crash in Galveston County while driving home from coaching a youth tournament in Houston. The 35-year-old was alone in his vehicle when it struck a utility pole on a rural road and he died at the scene. 
• GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders • Louisiana Illuminator (lailluminator.com) — Santa Fe residents are again at the center of a statewide gun-policy fight, as the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting and a local survivor-advocate are used to illustrate Texas’ ban on red flag gun orders. The story explains how Texas and several other GOP-led states now punish officials who try to enforce such orders, and what that could mean for suicide prevention and cross-border cases.
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STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of League City-West
1820 Butler Rd, League City
10:00 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Next Stop Comedy at Haak Winery! - Santa Fe, TX
Haak Vineyards & Winery, Inc. , 6310 Avenue T , Santa Fe
7:00 pm
Friday May 1
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Galveston County Fair & Rodeo
Galveston County Fair & Rodeo , 10 Jack Brooks Rd , Hitchcock
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Galveston County Fair und Rodeo
Galveston County Fair & Rodeo , 10 Jack Brooks Rd , Hitchcock
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Beyond the Funnel Class
Bolt Mortgage, Inc , 4440 W Main St , League City
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Clear Lake JV Baseball @ Clear Brook
Clear Brook High School , 4607 FM 2351 , Friendswood
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LSA Varsity Softball @ Bay Area Christian
Bay Area Christian School , 4800 W Main St , League City
4:30 pm -
Clear Falls Knights vs Dickinson Gators
Clear Falls High School , 4380 Village Way , League City
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BOY'S TENNIS - @ MANVEL HS (8 am)
Manvel High School , 19601 Hwy 6 , Manvel
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Boys Tennis Championship @ MHS
Alvin J H Alvin, TX 77511
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Girls Tennis Championship @ AHS
Alvin J H Alvin, TX 77511
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Galveston's Own Farmers Market
Galveston Historical Foundation , 2002 The Strand , Galveston
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3rd Annual Blood Drive for John Strickland
Dickinson Public Library , 4411 State Hwy 3 , Dickinson
10:00 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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🗞 Nearby News
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- New search in 'Killing Fields' case may provide answers for family of Port Arthur victim (foxsanantonio.com)
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