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🌱 How a mock island war just took over the Academy grounds
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In today's newsletter:
- How a mock island war just took over the Academy grounds
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Snow and rain in the p.m., with a high of 45 and low of 23 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 55, low: 31.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Training exercise takes over Air Force Academy (gazette.com) — Cadets at the Air Force Academy spent three days turning the local campus into a simulated Japanese island battlefield, complete with jets, parachutists, and airsoft firefights. The large-scale CULEX exercise tested everything from basic field skills to cyber warfare and tough leadership decisions, aiming to better prepare future officers who live, study, and train right here. 
📸 Around Air Force Academy
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★ Featured events ★
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USAFA Family Movie: Star Wars: Rogue One on Sat, Apr 18 at Noon
U.S. Air Force Academy Planetarium, 2120 Cadet Dr, Air Force Academy
12:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Tennis: G/JV
Air Academy High School , Air Academy Tennis Courts , Air Force Academy
4:00 pm -
Soccer: G/C-Squad
Pine Creek High School
4:00 pm -
Baseball: C-Squad
Air Academy High School , Air Academy Baseball Field , Air Force Academy
4:00 pm -
Swim & Dive: B/V
Rampart High School
4:00 pm -
Soccer: G/JV
Air Academy High School , Air Academy K-Dome , Air Force Academy
4:00 pm -
Lacrosse: B/JV
Lutheran High School
4:30 pm -
Soccer: G/V
Air Academy High School , Air Academy K-Dome , Air Force Academy
6:00 pm
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Itzhak Perlman
Pikes Peak Center For The Performing Arts , 190 S Cascade Ave , Colorado Springs
7:30 pm -
Junior/Senior Prom
Palmer Ridge High School , 14771 S Spruce Mountain Rd , Larkspur
8:00 pm -
Farm Yoga w/ Kat Tudor
Smokebrush Farm , 328 El Paso Blvd , Manitou Springs
10:00 am -
Mellow Mondays–Coloring Nights — Colorado Springs Brewery Goat Patch Brewing Company
Goat Patch Brewing Company – Monument , 1756 Lake Woodmoor Dr , Monument
5:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Monday April 20
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🗞 Nearby News
Monument
- Lewis-Palmer grad becomes youngest elected board member for NRA (gazette.com)
- The School Buzz: Lewis-Palmer middle schooler soccer prodigy on early ‘pro track' (krdo.com)
- Colorado candidates that will show up on your 2026 Primary Ballot (koaa.com)
Manitou Springs
- Colorado Springs poetry summit celebrates National Poetry Month (gazette.com)
- Trails taking shape in open space waiting to be realized west of Colorado Springs (gazette.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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