🌱 How Duck Key donors are backing major coral restoration work
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- How Duck Key donors are backing major coral restoration work
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 87 and low of 81 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
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- Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 86 and low of 82 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• KML building fund draws donations (keysnews.com) — Duck Key residents Jan Roehl-Anderson and Fritz Anderson are among locals helping fund Keys Marine Laboratory’s work, with their support going to KML’s general fund and reef restoration efforts. The Long Key-based lab coordinates coral restoration across the Florida Keys and has launched a $60 million campaign to modernize facilities, expand student housing, and strengthen research on ocean environmental challenges. 
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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