🌱 How Bennett’s own Rina Sabo is faring at a national tournament

What's up Bennett! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Bennett’s own Rina Sabo is faring at a national tournament

Also on today's calendar: National Poetry Month: Say Something with Franklin Cruz and 8 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Windy; snow and rain, chilly, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.
• Saturday: Windy in the morning, temps: high: 58, low: 34.
• Sunday: Pleasant with sunshine, with a high of 73 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Johnson holds lead at 2026 USBC Senior Queens after two rounds of qualifying (bowl.com) — A Bennett bowler, Rina Sabo, is sitting in fourth place after two qualifying rounds at the USBC Senior Queens tournament in Las Vegas, putting a local name near the top of a national field. Defending champion Liz Johnson currently leads, with match play and the stepladder finals set to decide the title and $8,000 prize this weekend.
   

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📸 Around Bennett

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bennett

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★ Featured events ★

Monday April 20

• National Poetry Month: Say Something with Franklin Cruz
  Anythink Thornton Community Center, 2211 Eppinger Blvd, Thornton
  5:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Moving the Words with Franklin Cruz
  Anythink Perl Mack, 7611 Hilltop Cir, Denver
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Green Team: Denver Parks & Recreation Clean Up
  Westerly Creek Denver, CO 80238
  9:00 am
• Artist Meetup with Corridor Creative Arts League
  Anythink Bennett , 495 7th St , Bennett
  2:00 pm

Monday April 20

• 3rd Grade Skate City
  Skate City Aurora , 15100 E Girard Ave , Aurora
  12:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• All About Hydroponics with 4-H
  Anythink Bennett , 495 7th St , Bennett
  3:30 pm

Friday April 24

• DPS Shakespeare Festival
  Denver Center for the Performing Arts , 1101 13th St , Denver

Saturday April 25

• Saturday Storytime
  Anythink Bennett , 495 7th St , Bennett
  10:30 am

Tuesday April 28

• Teen Hangout
  Anythink Bennett , 495 7th St , Bennett
  3:30 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Music & Movement
  Anythink Bennett , 495 7th St , Bennett
  10:00 am

Thursday April 30

• The Exchange: Music, Movement and Poetry
  Anythink Wright Farms , 5877 E 120th Ave , Thornton
  5:00 pm

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📣 Bennett Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Friday Celebration
  Inspire Elementary School Denver, CO 80238
  7:40 am
• Community Coffee
  Swigert International School Denver, CO 80238
  8:10 am

Saturday April 18

• Green Team: Denver Parks & Recreation Clean Up
  Westerly Creek Denver, CO 80238
  9:00 am

Monday April 20

• Paper Pop-up Art (4th-8th Grade) - Strasburg, CO 2026
  American Legion Post 183 , 56423 Westview Ave , Strasburg
  11:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is there something on fire near the Sun Country neighborhood?
  I'm seeing a smoke plume in the distance, it looks concerning. (Nextdoor Wolf Creek Estates)

• QuikTrip posted a job opening for Assistant Manager - East in Bennett. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Bakery/Deli Clerk in Bennett. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bennett here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Aurora

• Instrument repair shop finds home inside Aurora high school (9news.com)
• Family of man killed by Aurora Police say they tried repeatedly to get him mental health support (9news.com)
• SENTINEL MUSE: Hit ‘Les Mis' now before you have only ‘one day more' on Saturday (sentinelcolorado.com)

Commerce City

• Smoke spewing from Commerce City Suncor refinery (9news.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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