🌱 How Cheney’s robotics championship ties into new student opportunities

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• How Cheney’s robotics championship ties into new student opportunities

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with a shower possible, with a high of 60 and low of 41 degrees.
• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 65, low: 37.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 60 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Skunk Works Robotics celebrates 20th season, seeks new students (b-townblog.com) — Cheney recently hosted the PNW District FIRST Robotics Championships at Eastern Washington University, where Skunk Works Robotics competed during its 20th season. Now the Highline College–based team is recruiting new 8th–12th grade students for upcoming info sessions, offering hands-on experience in robot design, programming, scouting, and business outreach.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• EWU Transfer information
  Spokane Falls Community College SFCC, SUB-Vendor Table 3
  9:00 am
• Family Storytime Play & Learn
  Spokane Public Library Indian Trail - Indian Trail Events
  10:00 am
• Kindergarten Countdown Storytime
  Spokane Public Library South Hill - South Hill Events
  10:00 am
• Toddler Storytime Play & Learn
  Spokane Public Library Liberty Park - Liberty Park Events
  10:00 am
• Genealogy Help: Drop-In!
  Spokane Public Library Central - Inland Northwest Special Collection
  10:00 am
• Dublin Study Abroad Zoom Info Session
  Spokane Falls Community College SFCC, Outreach Events
  10:00 am
• Library Workshop: Data & Statistics
  Spokane Falls Community College SFCC, Library 002-0211 Library Classroom
  12:30 pm
• Japanese Culture Club
  Spokane Falls Community College SFCC, Humanities 005-0104
  1:00 pm
• Kids Art Club: Cardboard Shop Class
  Spokane Public Library Indian Trail - Indian Trail Events
  3:30 pm
• Baseball @ MLMS JV White FOOD TENT NIGHT
  Medical Lake Middle School Medical Lake, WA 99022
  4:00 pm
• Baseball @ Mountainside JV White
  Medical Lake Middle School East Day Mount Spokane Road, E Day Mt Spokane Rd, Green Bluff
  4:00 pm
• Artemis II Mission Party
  Spokane Public Library South Hill - South Hill Events
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I live on Clear Lake RD between the housing development and Rainbow Cove.
  My next door neighbor swears someone is coming into his yard and taking his gardening tools. I have nothing missing and I haven’t seen any strangers… (Nextdoor Malloy Prairie)

• Cheney School District posted a job opening for Student Teacher/Intern in Cheney. Apply here.
• Albertsons Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Deli Associate in Cheney. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cheney here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Spokane

• Spokane County leaders enact new code on private camping to combat nuisance properties, ‘human waste, trash or drug paraphernalia' (spokesman.com)
• Spokane removes more than 40 downtown underpass parking spaces (khq.com)
• Spokane YWCA sees rise in domestic violence legal help calls (khq.com)

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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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