🌱 How Cleveland High’s choir turned hard work into a top-five finish

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In today's newsletter:

• How Cleveland High’s choir turned hard work into a top-five finish

Also on today's calendar: New Mexico Philharmonic: The Three Sopranos and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 74 and low of 32 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 36.
• Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 75 and low of 46 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Cleveland Choir caps off competition season, fifth-place finish at Storm-hosted State Championship (rrobserver.com subscription) — Cleveland High School’s Storm Choir in Rio Rancho wrapped up its season by hosting the NMAA State Choir Championship and earning fifth place in both 5A and A-5A Treble. Students and director Jadira Flamm emphasized the months of hard work, tight-knit community, and life skills built through performances, from holiday concerts to singing the national anthem at The Pit.
   

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📸 Around Rio Rancho

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rio Rancho

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• New Mexico Philharmonic: The Three Sopranos
  Popejoy Hall, 203 Cornell Dr, Albuquerque
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 17

• Warren Zeiders
  Rio Rancho Events Center Dock , 3001 Civic Center Cir NE , Rio Rancho
  7:00 pm

Monday April 20

• CPR, AED, & First Aid
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions , 1690 Rio Rancho Blvd SE Unit H , Rio Rancho
  9:00 am

Tuesday April 21

• LMS Softball vs Valencia @ LMS
  Lincoln Middle School Rio Rancho, NM 87124
  4:00 pm
• Books and Badges/RRMS Talent Show Event
  Rio Rancho Middle School Rio Rancho, NM 87144
  5:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• ACLS & PALS
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions , 1690 Rio Rancho Blvd SE Unit H , Rio Rancho
  10:30 am
• Lampshade Making Workshop
  200 Social House , 200 S Camino Del Pueblo , Bernalillo
  4:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• Rio Rancho, NM- Rio Rancho Chapter Banquet
  Italian American Association , 1565 Stephanie Rd SE , Rio Rancho
  6:00 pm

Sunday May 3

• Exposure Series: New Mexico
  Rio Rancho High School , 301 Loma Colorado Blvd NE , Rio Rancho
  11:00 am
• A Fundraiser Event for Albuquerque's Unhoused
  Cathedral of St John , 318 Silver Ave SW , Albuquerque
  3:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• BLS, ACLS and PALS
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions , 1690 Rio Rancho Blvd SE Unit H , Rio Rancho
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Genealogy at Cherry Hills Library
  Cherry Hills Public Library , 6901 Barstow St NE , Albuquerque
  10:00 am
• Corrales Food Truck | Stuffed Lust Sopapilla Company
  Ex Novo Brewing Company , 4895 Corrales Rd , Corrales
  12:00 pm
• đ Jitterbug Dance Class at Animante đş
  1629 Club , 733 Chavez Rd NW , Los Ranchos De Albuquerque
  5:00 pm
• SLA Family Movie Night in the Field
  Spartan Learning Academy Field , 485 Camino Don Tomas , Bernalillo
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS).
  It's a "mountain of dirty ice" from the Oort Cloud currently reaching peak brightness as it nears perihelion on April 19th. ​This image blends two… (Nextdoor Rivers Edge III)
• Vato Loco decided to take a stroll of the neighborhood yesterday and hasn't come home.
  Vato is a silent cat, he's not deaf, he actually hears very well. He doesn't meow. He makes chirping noises to me, to everyone else, he remains quiet… (Nextdoor Lomas Encantadas)

• Gpac posted a job opening for Full Charge Bookkeeper- Construction in Rio Rancho. Apply here.
• Sprouts Farmers Market posted a job opening for Meat/Seafood Clerk in Rio Rancho. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rio Rancho here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Corrales

• Corrales volunteers needed to mud and clean historic church April 25 (corralescomment.com)
• Letter to the editor: Ezee Fiber commits to communication, accountability in Corrales (corralescomment.com)
• Street talk: Road priorities, gravel fallout keep Corrales council grounded (corralescomment.com)

Bernalillo

• Man charged in shootout with authorities in Bernalillo (abqjournal.com)
• Settlement reached in Bernalillo Public Schools teacher abuse lawsuit (abqjournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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