🌱 How a Malvern student chopped his way to collegiate timbersports success

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Malvern student chopped his way to collegiate timbersports success

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 70, low: 42.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• UAM hosts region's largest collegiate timbersports event (magnoliareporter.com) — A Malvern student, Holton Johnson, helped the University of Arkansas at Monticello Forestry Club earn a strong third-place finish at the region’s largest collegiate timbersports meet. Johnson and teammates from across Arkansas and the Southeast competed in classic lumberjack-style and technical forestry events, while alumni and industry partners turned the 67th Conclave into a major networking and homecoming weekend.
   

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📸 Around Malvern

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Malvern

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Friday April 17

• Softball - Home - A&B - Fountain Lake
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm
• Baseball - Home - V/JV - Fountain Lake
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Baseball - Home - V/JV - Nashville
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Baseball - Home - V/JV - Magnolia
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Baseball - Home - V/JV - Fountain Lake
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm
• Soccer - Away - VG, VB - Bauxite
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm
• Softball - Home - A&B - Fountain Lake
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Softball - Away - Lonoke
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  4:30 pm
• Baseball - Home - V/JV - Nashville
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Baseball - Away - V/JV - Glen Rose
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  4:30 pm
• Soccer - Home - VG, VB - Mena
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Baseball - Home - V/JV - Magnolia
  Malvern School District Malvern, AR 72104
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Senior Shift Leader in Malvern. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Malvern. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Malvern here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hot Springs

• Hot Springs National Park turns 194, splashes out a week of free family fun (katv.com)
• City Manager Bill Burrough touts Hot Springs' progress in 2025 Hot Springs Sentinel Record (hotsr.com)
• This unique Arkansas music program puts violins in tiny hands on a path to better learning (thv11.com)

Benton

• Benton School District approves 'Bible-based instruction' program (thv11.com)

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-- 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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