🌱 How one Mustang Eagle Scout project is comforting Alzheimer’s patients statewide

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• How one Mustang Eagle Scout project is comforting Alzheimer’s patients statewide

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Hot with sunny intervals, with a high of 101 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 104, low: 75.
• Saturday: Sunshine; near-record heat, with a high of 107 and low of 76 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Mustang Boy Scout's personal connection inspires Eagle Scout project for Alzheimer's patients (koco.com) — A Mustang teen is turning his Eagle Scout project into meaningful help for Alzheimer’s patients across Oklahoma. Drawing on his grandmother’s struggle with the disease, 18-year-old Ethan Hendrix and his troop built more than 20 sensory fidget boards, now donated to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of Oklahoma and potentially becoming an annual Mustang-based tradition.
   

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📸 Around Mustang

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mustang

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Friday August 7

• MPS Staff Welcome Back Celebration/Kick Off
  Mustang Public Schools Mustang Performing Arts Center, Mustang, OK 73064, USA
  8:00 am

Monday August 10

• SB vs El Reno
  Mustang Middle School Mustang, OK 73064
  5:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Meadow Brook Intermediate Mustang Education Resource Center, 909 S Mustang Rd, Mustang, O
  6:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• MBI Schedule Pick-Up Come and Go
  Meadow Brook Intermediate Mustang, OK 73064
  2:00 pm
• Schedule pickup
  Canyon Ridge Intermediate Mustang, OK 73064
  2:00 pm
• Open House/Meet the Teacher (Last Names Q-Z)
  Mustang Valley Elementary Mustang, OK 73064
  4:00 pm
• Open House Q-Z
  Mustang Trails Elementary Mustang, OK 73064
  4:00 pm
• MBI Schedule Pick-up - Appointment Only
  Meadow Brook Intermediate Mustang, OK 73064
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Community Coffee-Bethany Library
  Northwest Oklahoma City Chamber 6700 NW 35th Street Bethany
  8:00 am
• Football Summer Practice
  James L. Capps Ms Oklahoma City, OK 73122
  8:00 am
• Coffee and Conversation
  Tuttle Area Chamber of Commerce 221 W Main St, Tuttle, OK 73089
  9:00 am
• Toddler Time →
  Bethany Library - Metropolitan Library System, 6700 NW 35th St, Bethany
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Mustang. Apply here.
• Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier Part Time in Mustang. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mustang here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Tuttle

• Oklahoma high school football top 10 running backs to watch in 2026 season (oklahoman.com)
• Tuttle water restrictions take effect as city works to restore pressure (koco.com)

Yukon

• Yukon Public Schools plans for upcoming year with new learning academies (news9.com)
• Betty D. (Slater) Gibson (yukonprogressnews.com)
• Despite recall efforts, Yukon Mayor eligible to run again (kfor.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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