🌱 How Pike Road Schools are reshaping career training for local jobs

Coffee in hand, Pike Road? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Pike Road Schools are reshaping career training for local jobs
• How a Pike Road lawmaker helped change what SNAP can buy

Also on today's calendar: 3rd Annual Battle of the Bands and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Record-tying temperatures, with a high of 90 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, breezy and warm, temps: high: 86, low: 54.
• Sunday: Not as warm, with a high of 74 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Career tech programs take center stage at Montgomery Chamber ‘State of Schools' event (wsfa.com) — Pike Road Schools leaders joined neighboring districts at the Montgomery Chamber’s State of Schools event to spotlight how career and technical education is preparing local students for real jobs. They discussed shifting programs to match workforce needs, like replacing cosmetology with public safety, and called for more industry partners to visit classrooms and connect Pike Road students with post-graduation opportunities.
   

• Ivey signs bill excluding soda, candy from SNAP purchases (1819news.com) — A new Alabama law, co-sponsored by Pike Road’s Rep. Reed Ingram, directs the state to seek federal approval to block soda and candy purchases with SNAP benefits. Governor Kay Ivey says the change is part of a broader push to improve rural healthcare and promote healthier diets, potentially affecting many Pike Road residents who rely on food assistance.
   

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📸 Around Pike Road

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pike Road

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Downtown YMCA: Burgers, Brews & Blues
  Montgomery Whitewater, 1100 Maxwell Blvd, Montgomery
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• V Track @ Millbrook
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  10:00 am
• 3rd Annual Battle of the Bands
  Multiplex at Cramton Bowl , 220 Hall St , Montgomery
  12:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Boys Golf @Cottonwood GC
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  12:30 pm
• Soccer SR night vs Tallassee
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:00 pm
• V BASEBALL @WETUMPKA
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:00 pm
• V Softball @ Stanhope
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:00 pm
• PRHS Spring Orchestra Concert
  Vaughn Forest Church , 8660 Vaughn Rd , Montgomery
  7:00 pm

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📣 Pike Road Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Preschool Storytime
  Wetumpka, AL Calendar , 212 South Main Street , Wetumpka
  10:00 am

Saturday April 18

• East Alabama Horseman Association
  Wetumpka, AL Calendar , 2350 Coosa River Parkway Wetumpka Parks and Recreation , Wetumpka
  9:00 am
• V Track @ Millbrook
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  10:00 am
• What's Your Status?
  Alabama State University , 915 S Jackson St , Montgomery
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Manager in Training in Pike Road. Apply here.
• Fresh Value, Inc. posted a job opening for Scan Coordinator / Receiving in Montgomery. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pike Road here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Montgomery

• Montgomery's LEAD Academy buys former church property for new high school (wsfa.com)
• Gov. Ivey honors 2025 Alabama Athletes of the Year with official proclamation signing (wsfa.com)
• What's Happening: April 17-19 (waka.com)

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Ok Pike Road! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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