🌱 Balloon Fiesta Week at IPCC and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Young Musical Stars Play Tchaikovsky & Schumann at National Hispanic Cultural Center

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.
• Friday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 50.
• Saturday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sandia Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11

• Young Musical Stars Play Tchaikovsky & Schumann →
  National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8

• Balloon Fiesta Week at IPCC →
  Albuquerque NM
  9:00 am
• Old Town Gazebo →
  Old Town Gazebo, 200 North Plaza Street Northwest, Albuquerque
  11:00 am
• Rehoboth Christian at Sandia Prep →
  Sandia Prep, 532 Osuna Rd NE, Albuquerque
  5:00 pm
• Balloons Brews Cruise →
  Albuquerque NM
  6:30 pm
• Coco Montoya →
  708 1st St. NW, Albuquerque
  7:30 pm

Friday October 9

• Career Readiness Workshops →
  501 Mountain Rd. NE, Albuquerque
  8:30 am
• Basic Life Support (BLS) →
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions, 1690 Rio Rancho Boulevard Southeast, #Unit H, Rio Rancho
  9:00 am
• Student Day →
  2401 12th St NW, Albuquerque
  9:00 am
• BLS and ACLS →
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions, 1690 Rio Rancho Boulevard Southeast, #Unit H, Rio Rancho
  9:00 am
• BLS, ACLS and PALS →
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions, 1690 Rio Rancho Boulevard Southeast, #Unit H, Rio Rancho
  9:00 am
• ACLS →
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions, 1690 Rio Rancho Boulevard Southeast, #Unit H, Rio Rancho
  10:30 am
• ACLS & PALS →
  New Mexico Healthcare Education and Advanced Training Solutions, 1690 Rio Rancho Boulevard Southeast, #Unit H, Rio Rancho
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Corrales

• Addressing addressing in Corrales: Consultant briefs Village Council on house number fixes (corralescomment.com)
• Animal Welfare Department seeks doghouse donations for pets in need during winter months (krqe.com)
• RRPD arrest records Sept. 20-26 (rrobserver.com)

Albuquerque

• Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta celebrates 30 years at Balloon Fiesta Park (kob.com)
• University of New Mexico students gather together for rally amid Cornell 7 case (krqe.com)
• Local activist group encourages New Mexicans to vote early – New Mexico News Port (newmexiconewsport.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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