🌱 Why Grassley’s Rock Rapids Kiwanis visit matters in Kiwanis’ DC push

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Grassley’s Rock Rapids Kiwanis visit matters in Kiwanis’ DC push

Also on today's calendar: USRA Weekly Series | Outlaw Mini-Mods & Kids Boxcar Races and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warmer; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Not as warm, temps: high: 75, low: 50.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Kiwanis International Hires LeMunyon Group (legis1.com) — Rock Rapids gets a brief spotlight as Sen. Chuck Grassley’s 99‑county tour included a Q&A with the local Kiwanis Club on health care, tariffs, and immigration. That visit is part of a broader pattern of members of Congress engaging Kiwanis chapters nationwide, as Kiwanis International now hires its first federal lobbying firm to focus on foreign relations policy.
   

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📸 Around Rock Rapids

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rock Rapids

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★ Featured events ★

Friday June 12

• Fill the Food Bank Night | USRA Series & Late Model Street Stocks →
  Rapid Speedway, 0 S 5th Ave, Rock Rapids
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday June 15

• Varsity Softball vs MOC-Floyd Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Borman Forster Fields
  7:15 pm

Wednesday June 17

• JV Baseball at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Rock Valley City Park Baseball Fields, 6M2X+V7, Rock Valley, IA
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Softball at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Centennial Park, 0525306023, Boyden, IA 51234, USA
  7:15 pm
• Varsity Baseball at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Rock Valley City Park Baseball Fields, 6M2X+V7, Rock Valley, IA
  7:30 pm

Thursday June 18

• Varsity Softball at Okoboji
  Central Lyon Comm School District Okoboji High School, 901 H Ave, Milford, IA 51351, USA
  7:15 pm

Friday June 19

• USRA Weekly Series | Outlaw Mini-Mods & Kids Boxcar Races →
  Rapid Speedway, 0 S 5th Ave, Rock Rapids
  7:00 pm
• Varsity Softball vs Trinity Christian
  Central Lyon Comm School District Borman Forster Fields
  7:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday June 15

• Varsity Softball vs MOC-Floyd Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Borman Forster Fields
  7:15 pm

Wednesday June 17

• JV Baseball at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Rock Valley City Park Baseball Fields, 6M2X+V7, Rock Valley, IA
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Softball at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Centennial Park, 0525306023, Boyden, IA 51234, USA
  7:15 pm
• Varsity Baseball at Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  Central Lyon Comm School District Rock Valley City Park Baseball Fields, 6M2X+V7, Rock Valley, IA
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• R+L Carriers posted a job opening for Forklift Operator FT in Rock Rapids. Apply here.
• Care Initiatives posted a job opening for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Mobile & Flexible in Rock Rapids. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rock Rapids here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hull

• Find Food & Drink Offers in Iowa (nwestiowa.com)
• Northwestern Named Among Most Adoption-Friendly Workplaces (siouxcountyradio.com)
• Gehlen baseball beats Trinity, Unity (nwestiowa.com)

Rock Valley

• First Reformed Church awarded FEMA grant for June 2024 flood recovery (kcau9.com)
• Rock Valley, IA man arrested following alleged domestic assault involving knife, child (ktiv.com)
• Carmel Church adds area for cremations (nwestiowa.com)

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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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