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🌱 How a Silt native turned lifeguarding and sports into $16,000

Silt, Colorado Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hello Silt! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Silt native turned lifeguarding and sports into $16,000

Also on today's calendar: Great Expectations Circle of Parents at the Silt Branch Library and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 50 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 93, low: 53.
  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 87 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Coal Ridge graduate awarded $16,000 Hot Springs Higher Education Scholarship (postindependent.com) — A Silt native, Jacob Cordova, has earned a $16,000 Hot Springs Higher Education Scholarship for his standout academics, sports, work, and community service. The Coal Ridge graduate and Glenwood Hot Springs lifeguard plans to study electrical linework at Colorado Mesa University, hoping to stay close to the valley and serve the region as a lineman.
   

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  • Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Front End Service Team Supervisor in Glenwood Springs. Apply here.
  • Ross Stores, Inc posted a job opening for Area Supervisor in Glenwood Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Silt here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rifle

  • Evacuations lifted in Rifle after wildfire that destroyed apartment building contained (kdvr.com)
  • Colorado wildfires: Evacuations partially lifted for Bear fire near Trinidad (denverpost.com)
  • Brush fire forces I-70 closure west of Glenwood Springs (gazette.com)

New Castle

  • I-70 closed in both directions near Glenwood Springs due to fire (gjsentinel.com)

Glenwood Springs

Ok Silt! 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: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Silt

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