🌱 How a $43,000 upgrade aims to curb flooding in The Village

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $43,000 upgrade aims to curb flooding in The Village

Also on today's calendar: Third Annual OCU+Friends Market and 3 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A damaging afternoon t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 43 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 65, low: 41.
• Sunday: Sunny and comfortable, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity unveils flood-protected home in The Village (koco.com) — A new Habitat for Humanity home in The Village now includes a $43,000 drainage system designed to ease longtime neighborhood flooding worries. Built on land donated by Our Lord’s Lutheran Church, it’s one of three energy-efficient houses there, and a local postal worker just moved into the final home after completing Habitat’s homeowner requirements.
   

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📸 Around The Village

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🗓 Upcoming Events in The Village

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Saturday April 18

• Oklahoma City Area Prom
  Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History , 2401 Chautauqua Ave , The Village
  7:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Student Community Service Activity: Iron Gate (Tulsa)
  Iron Gate , 501 West Archer Street , Tulsa
  9:15 am

Tuesday April 21

• Kindergarten Graduation: Durant
  First United Methodist Church , 5400 W Main St , Durant
  2:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Tulsa Area Prom
  Glenpool Conference Center , 12205 S Yukon Ave , Glenpool
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Third Annual OCU+Friends Market
  Oklahoma City University Quad Lawn , 2501 N Blackwelder Ave , Oklahoma City
  5:30 pm

Saturday May 2

• 2026 Oklahoma History Symposium
  Oklahoma History Center , 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr , Oklahoma City
  9:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday April 18

• Kasandra Hair Appointment
  Academy of Hair Design-Quail Springs Mall , 2501 W Memorial Rd #22 , Oklahoma City
  9:00 am
• Oklahoma City Area Prom
  Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History , 2401 Chautauqua Ave , Nichols Hills
  7:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Student Community Service Activity: Iron Gate (Tulsa)
  Iron Gate , 501 West Archer Street , Tulsa
  9:15 am
• Beginner English as a Second Language
  Warr Acres Library - Metropolitan Library System , 5901 NW 63rd St , Warr Acres
  10:00 am
• S.A.L.T. Council (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together)
  Warr Acres Library - Metropolitan Library System , 5901 NW 63rd St , Warr Acres
  1:00 pm
• Soccer vs Midwest City
  Putnam City North High School , 11800 N Rockwell Ave , Oklahoma City
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Bethany

• Funeral services for mother, daughter killed in I-35 crash set for Wednesday (news9.com)
• Melton ready to serve on city council (centraloklahomaweeklies.com)
• Oklahoma HS girls basketball coaching carousel: Eric Sailer hired at Southwest Covenant (oklahoman.com)

Oklahoma City

• Loud City HQ returns to Oklahoma City for Thunder playoff weekend (news9.com)
• Arts integration at OKC elementary transforms how students learn (news9.com)
• Connie Chung reflects on one of the most misunderstood moments of her career, 30 years after OKC bombing (news9.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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