🌱 How a new DC funding bill could boost West Liberty-made fire gear

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• How a new DC funding bill could boost West Liberty-made fire gear

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 86, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Congressman Rogers Advances Homeland Security Funding Bill for 2027 (house.gov) — A new federal homeland security funding bill could benefit West Liberty’s Lion Apparel plant by helping local fire departments buy American-made protective gear. Congressman Hal Rogers supported the $99.6 billion package, which boosts disaster relief, speeds up FEMA claims processing, and increases grants for firefighters and first responders across Eastern Kentucky and beyond.
   

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📸 Around West Liberty

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Rob Aldrich →
  Toad's BARn and Grill, 9943 Campton Rd, Stanton
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• The 2nd Annual Daddy Daughter Dance presented by Magoffin County Troop 2954 →
  Lloyd M Hall Community Center, 150 S Church St, Salyersville
  4:00 pm
• The 2nd Annual Daddy Daughter Dance presented by... →
  Lloyd M Hall Community Center, 150 S Church St, Salyersville
  4:00 pm
• The Longest Table →
  Market Pavilion, 198 S Maysville St, Mt Sterling
  5:30 pm
• Elias Fisher @ Toad's Barn & Grill, Stanton, Kentucky →
  Toad's BARn and Grill, 9943 Campton Rd, Stanton
  7:00 pm

Monday June 15

• Community Nights with Southeast Mountain Guides (Plant Walk/Swap) →
  Southeast Mountain Guides, 1617 KY-11, Campton
  2:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

• Unearth a Story →
  Montgomery County Public Library, 328 N Maysville St, Mt Sterling
  2:00 pm

Thursday June 18

• Magoffin County BOE Regular Meeting
  Magoffin County Salyersville, KY 41465
• Summer Meal Pickup
  Elliott County 349 KY-7, Sandy Hook, KY 41171, USA
  10:00 am

Friday June 19

• Jarad Bagshaw →
  Toad's BARn and Grill, 9943 Campton Rd, Stanton
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• Battle of the Bluegrass - Red River RC Racing →
  Red River RC. Track, 601 N Bend Rd, Stanton
  9:00 am
• Ethan Allen →
  Toad's BARn and Grill, 9943 Campton Rd, Stanton
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Salyersville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center posted a job opening for Activity Assistant in Salyersville. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist in Salyersville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Liberty here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Morehead

• Morehead State named one of top regional schools (the-messenger.com)
• Jimmy Webb receives Steve Cooley Banjo and Bluegrass Music Scholarship (moreheadstate.edu)
• Rowan County jail air conditioning failure adds strain to already stretched county budget (lex18.com)

Paintsville

• Casting With Kids draws record participation, raises funds for Shriners Children's (paintsvilleherald.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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