🌱 How Maple Bluff and Edgewood football helped shape Chris Farley’s comedy

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In today's newsletter:

• How Maple Bluff and Edgewood football helped shape Chris Farley’s comedy

Also on today's calendar: Two-Day Fair Trade Fashion Sale and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 92, low: 74. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Chance for a thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Chris Farley, football and comedic inspiration: Untold stories from his teen years in Madison (chippewa.com) — Longtime residents may enjoy that Chris Farley grew up right by Lake Mendota in the Maple Bluff neighborhood before becoming a comedy star. The story revisits his Madison Edgewood football days, his early coach impressions on team buses, and memories shared by his brother, former teammates, and coaches that shaped his later on-stage persona.
   

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📸 Around Maple Bluff

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Maple Bluff

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday July 25

• Two-Day Fair Trade Fashion Sale →
  Ethical Trade Co, 1904 Winnebago St, Madison
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Monday July 27

• No School: Summer Break
  Isthmus Montessori Acad Public Madison, WI 53704
• Dance Around the World
  Hawthorne Branch Library Hawthorne Library - *Offsite (HAW)
  10:30 am
• We Read to a Dog
  Lakeview Branch Library Lakeview Library - Community Room - Fireplace Side
  3:00 pm
• We Make: Odds & Ends
  Hawthorne Branch Library Hawthorne Library - Community Room
  4:00 pm
• Madison Writing Assistance at Lakeview
  Lakeview Branch Library Lakeview Library - Study Room 1
  4:00 pm
• Minecraft Club
  Lakeview Branch Library Lakeview Library - Community Room - Table Side
  4:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Baby Storytime
  Lakeview Branch Library Lakeview Library - Community Room - Fireplace Side
  11:30 am
• Munch Mobile Meals
  Hawthorne Branch Library Hawthorne Library - *In Hawthorne Library
  12:50 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Beginning Birding for Families
  Lakeview Branch Library Lakeview Library - *Offsite (LAK)
  9:00 am
• Podcasting kit tutorial
  Madison Public Library Central Library - Media Lab
  10:00 am
• Bird & Nature Adventures →
  Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 330 Femrite Dr, Monona
  10:00 am
• Playgroup for 7-12 Year Olds – July Fun at the Monona Pool →
  Monona Community Pool, 1013 Nichols Rd, Monona
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Madison

• The family of a man who was shot and killed by Madison police says he was ‘exceptional' (ksgf.com)
• No bodycam footage in fatal Madison police shooting, because the department doesn't require cameras (whec.com)
• Multiple events cancelled in Madison following officer involved shooting (wearegreenbay.com)

Monona

• Madison Public Market opens with nearly half the booths filled (captimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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