🌱 Patch AM: Salt Lake City family shares remarkable story of 442nd veteran father

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In today's newsletter:

• Salt Lake City family shares remarkable story of 442nd veteran father
• How electric cargo flights could change medical deliveries from Salt Lake City

Also on today's calendar: Paint and Sip: Paint Night Done Right - Salt Lake City and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 59 degrees.
• Sunday: A couple of heavy t-storms, temps: high: 68, low: 57.
• Monday: A couple of heavy t-storms, with a high of 66 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Utahn spotlights 442nd Army veteran's life story (kutv.com) — A World War II veteran of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team eventually settled in Salt Lake City, where he built a 50-year accounting career and raised a family. His daughter is now sharing his story, from internment camp hardships to frontline service and a quiet postwar life here, to highlight Japanese American contributions and belonging in Utah.
   

• BETA completes Utah trial of transporting time-sensitive movement of critical medical cargo (interestingengineering.com) — Salt Lake City was one of three Utah hubs in a five-day test of an all-electric cargo plane moving highly time-sensitive cancer-scan drugs. Partnering with Alpine Air, BETA Technologies gathered data on flight times, charging, and costs, with plans to expand routes statewide and potentially reach more rural communities that currently lack fast access to these medications.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Salt Lake City

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Garth Brooks – Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour →
  Delta Center, Salt Lake City
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Beth Stelling →
  190 South 400 West, Salt Lake City
  9:00 pm
• Christina P →
  Wiseguys - Downtown SLC, 190 South 400 West, Salt Lake City
  9:00 pm
• Comedy Rumble →
  Rickles Room at Wiseguys SLC, 190 South 400 West, Salt Lake City
  9:30 pm
Sunday October 11
• Comedy Church at The Rickles Room →
  Salt Lake City UT
• Comedy Church at The Gateway →
  The Gateway, Salt Lake City
• Garth Brooks – Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour →
  Delta Center, Salt Lake City
  2:00 pm
• Paint and Sip: Paint Night Done Right - Salt Lake City →
  Epic Brewing Company, 825 S State St, Salt Lake City
  2:00 pm
• Comedy Church →
  Rickles Room at Wiseguys SLC, 190 South 400 West, Salt Lake City
  7:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Utah Jazz vs. San Antonio Spurs →
  Salt Lake City UT
• Join Our Team →
  Urban Indian Center Of Salt Lake – Main Building, 120 W 1300 S, Salt Lake City
Sunday October 25
• Paint and Sip: Paint Night Done Right - Salt Lake City →
  Epic Brewing Company, 825 S State St, Salt Lake City
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A continuation of the saga of yhe mystery plant.
  I now have four fruit in various stages of maturity. The ĺargest being about 10 inches in diameter. I'd say they are pumpkins but they are very… (Nextdoor Sugarhouse-Forest Dale)
• So I'm driving east on 200 S nearing 1000 E.
  3 deer run out in front of me crossing 200. I inch up to the stop sign, look left, and the 3 remaining turkeys are crossing 1000E. Dystopian. (Nextdoor Upper East Central SLC)

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🗞 Nearby News

South Salt Lake

• South Salt Lake crews investigate State Street structure fire (ksl.com)
• Convicted sex offender accused of downloading pornography at Salt Lake library (ksl.com)
• Oct. 8, 2026 (northwestsignal.net)

West Valley City

• Police: Traffic stop near Utah-Arizona border nets thousands of suspected fentanyl pills, meth (stgeorgeutah.com)
• Jon Pardi's Illness Forces Another Round of Tour Postponements (country1025.com)

Millcreek

• 2010 Audi Q7 3.6 quattro Prestige in Millcreek, UT (ksl.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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