🌱 Planning a lake day? El Dorado Lake fees are waived Tuesday

Hi there, El Dorado! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Planning a lake day? El Dorado Lake fees are waived Tuesday
• How central is El Dorado prison to Kansas’ death row?
• How El Dorado’s deadly tornado helped change tornado warnings forever

Also on today's calendar: Teen LGBTQIA+ Group and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Turning cloudy, with a high of 84 and low of 71 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 58. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 74 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• You can get free access to these Kansas lakes Tuesday (ksn.com) — If you’re heading to El Dorado Lake on Tuesday, you can use the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ boat ramps and swimming beaches for free as part of a nationwide fee-waiver day. The Corps is also planning additional free-use dates around Independence Day, National Public Lands Day, and Veterans Day, giving local families more low-cost options to enjoy Kansas lakes.
   

• Questions about the Kansas death penalty, answered (kansas.com) — El Dorado’s maximum security prison houses nearly all of Kansas’ nine death row inmates, making the facility a central piece of the state’s capital punishment system. This explainer walks through which crimes qualify for death, how sentencing works, why executions haven’t occurred yet, and what it costs taxpayers to maintain death row in Kansas.
   

• How Wichita made history with tornado sirens, early radar (ksn.com) — El Dorado’s deadly June 10 tornado played a key role in convincing Wichita officials to repurpose Cold War air raid sirens into lifesaving tornado sirens. That same storm also helped test early Doppler radar that first measured 200-plus mph tornado winds, paving the way for today’s NEXRAD system that still protects Kansans.
   

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📸 Around El Dorado

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🗓 Upcoming Events in El Dorado

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Act I Players Present: Burritos From Amarillo →
  Club Vaudeville, 206 S Main St, El Dorado
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday June 13

• Pancake and Sausage Feed →
  El Dorado Community Events American Legion Post 81 - 1801 W. Central Ave. El Dorado KS 67042
• Hot Shot Golf Challenge →
  El Dorado, KS Calendar, 1100 Country Club Lane, El Dorado
• Maker Space Saturdays →
  El Dorado, KS Calendar, 383 E. Central, El Dorado
  10:00 am

Sunday June 14

• Teen LGBTQIA+ Group →
  Equality El Dorado, 114 N Main St, El Dorado
  3:00 pm
• El Dorado Municipal Band Flag Day Concert →
  El Dorado, KS Calendar, 900 N. Taylor, El Dorado
  7:00 pm

Monday June 15

• Alzheimer's Support Group →
  El Dorado, KS Calendar, 210 E Second, El Dorado
  5:30 pm
• Genealogy Speaker →
  El Dorado, KS Calendar, 611 S. Washington, El Dorado
  6:00 pm

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📣 El Dorado Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday June 13

• 2026 6th Annual Brick Street Bazaar →
  Go! Augusta, 618 State St, Augusta
  9:00 am
• BTG Youth Football Camp 2026 →
  El Dorado Middle School, 440 E Wildcat Way, El Dorado
  9:00 am

Saturday July 4

• America 250 Parade →
  Downtown El Dorado, 220 E 1st Ave, El Dorado
  9:00 am
• Fireworks Show sponsored by Experience El Dorado →
  McDonald Stadium, 210 N Griffith St, El Dorado
  8:30 pm

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

• Acosta, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandising Specialist in El Dorado. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep(09636) - 2422 W. Central Ave., Suite 100 in El Dorado. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near El Dorado here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wichita

• United Way announces $1 million matching grant for Wichita homeless shelter (kwch.com)
• Chiropractor has his reasons for opening office in this Wichita suburb (kansas.com)
• USD 259, Wichita teachers union deadlocked in contract negotiations (ksn.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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