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🌱 How a Kannapolis tryout helped launch a coach’s Team USA dream

Kannapolis, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good day Kannapolis! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Kannapolis tryout helped launch a coach’s Team USA dream

Also on today's calendar: Caroline Keller Music and 3 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Very hot, with a high of 97 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 94, low: 69.
  • Sunday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 92 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• For Arkansas baseball pitching coach Matt Hobbs, Team USA assignment a lifelong dream (nwaonline.com) — Kannapolis briefly steps into the national baseball spotlight as Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs recalls seeing key development from catcher Ryder Helfrick during last summer’s Team USA tryouts there. Hobbs has now earned a rare honor for a college assistant, joining the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team staff for upcoming tryouts in Cary and international play in Taiwan.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I have rescued kittens that are now 6 weeks old that need new homes.
    They need to go so mama can dry up and get fixed. She has a forever home to go to. The Vet said they can leave her this coming monday. The gray one… (Nextdoor Oakwood Ave)
  • Missing from The Grand Julian after the fire.
    Please do not chase or even make eye contact with her. Please reach out to one of the numbers on the flier with a date, time, location and direction… (Nextdoor Litten Plaza)
  • North Carolina Schools posted a job opening for K+ Group Leader 2 hours - 2851 in Concord. Apply here.
  • Sam's Club posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Concord. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kannapolis here.

🗞 Nearby News

Concord

  • A New Brunch Spot Serving Southern Favorites Has Opened in Concord (whatnow.com)
  • Mustang Week Brings Exciting New Street Kings Class to zMax (dragzine.com)
  • PH - Switcher CDL FT in Concord, North Carolina (fedex.com)

China Grove

  • Main Street Marketplace and Meeting Place celebrates fifth anniversary (salisburypost.com)

Ok Kannapolis! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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