🌱 How a Charlestown student helped outshine Michigan and Texas A&M at NASA
Charlestown, Indiana Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Charlestown! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Charlestown student helped outshine Michigan and Texas A&M at NASA
Also on today's calendar: Moore Family Ice Cream Social & Gospel Singing and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: A t-storm around in the a.m., with a high of 85 and low of 61 degrees.
- Saturday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 85, low: 70.
- Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SDSU Joins MIT as Theme Winner at NASA Contest (brookingsradio.com) — Charlestown resident and SDSU engineering student Bryson Love just led his team to win their category in a prestigious NASA lunar exploration design competition, beating out major universities like Michigan and Texas A&M. Love and his classmates created a practical drilling system concept to collect moon samples, impressing judges with both their detailed planning and working prototype during the finals in Florida earlier this month. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Brushstrokes of Freedom- 250th- workshop at... →
Ensembles, Inc., Charlestown
6:00 pm
Monday June 15
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Other local events
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Pirate Dash 5K →
Charlestown, IN Calendar, 12500 IN 62, Charlestown
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Saturdays on the Square Pop-Up Market →
Charlestown, IN Calendar, Main/Main Cross Street, Charlestown
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Honoring Revolutionary War Veteran Maj. George Slaughter →
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Second Saturday Night Market →
Charlestown, IN Calendar, 359 Market Street, Charlestown
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Brick Building Clinic – Founders Week 2026 →
Charlestown, IN Calendar, 8804 High Jackson Road, Charlestown
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Brushstrokes of Freedom- 250th- workshop at Charlestown Ensembles →
Ensembles, Inc., 1120 Monroe St, Charlestown
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Moore Family Ice Cream Social & Gospel Singing →
1000 Park St, Charlestown
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"Games of Chance" Mindreading Dinner Show →
Charlestown Arts And Enrichment Center, 999 Water St, Charlestown
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Family Fun Night! →
Family Activities Park, 1000 Park St, Charlestown
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Founders Festival featuring JD Shelburne & The Mad Taxpayers →
Main Street, Main St, Charlestown
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Founders Festival featuring a Drone Show & The Rumors →
Main Street, Main St, Charlestown
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-- 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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