🌱 How badly is River Oaks affected by Tarrant County’s child care deserts?

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

In today's newsletter:

• How badly is River Oaks affected by Tarrant County’s child care deserts?

Also on today's calendar: Some Like It Hot and 5 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 cloudy; breezy, humid, with a high of 83 and low of 51 degrees.
• Saturday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 68, low: 48.
• Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Tarrant County invests in wages for child care workers. Here's why that matters. (star-telegram.com) — Families in River Oaks are part of a chronic child care desert, where demand for seats has far outpaced supply for at least three years. Tarrant County is trying to improve quality by investing most of its child care quality funds into wage supplements for workers, but advocates say more policy changes and better coordination are needed to expand access, especially for subsidized and high‑quality programs.
   

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📸 Around River Oaks

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🗓 Upcoming Events in River Oaks

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Marlon Funaki
  Tulips FTW, 112 St Louis Ave, Fort Worth
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday April 19

• Some Like It Hot
  Bass Performance Hall , 525 Commerce St , Fort Worth
  1:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• IMMS Boys Soccer B Team vs Creekview - Soccer (M) - Middle
  W.O. Barnes Stadium Home -
  5:00 pm
• IMMS Girls Soccer B Team vs Creekview Middle School CMS Soccer A (F
  Castleberry High School Track & Field Complex Home -
  5:00 pm
• IMMS Girls Soccer A Team vs Creekview Middle School CMS Soccer A (F
  Castleberry High School Track & Field Complex Home -
  6:15 pm
• IMMS Boys Soccer A Team vs Creekview - Soccer (M) - Middle
  W.O. Barnes Stadium Home -
  6:30 pm

Friday April 24

• CHS Baseball (JV) vs Brewer - Baseball (M) - Junior Varsity
  YMCA Camp Carter Baseball Complex Home - Castleberry ISD/
  4:00 pm
• CHS Baseball (V) vs Brewer - Baseball (M) - Varsity
  YMCA Camp Carter Baseball Complex Home - Castleberry ISD/
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• CHS Softball (JV) vs Lake Worth - Softball (F) - Junior Varsity
  YMCA Camp Carter Softball Complex Home - Castleberry ISD/
  5:00 pm
• Education Foundation Gala
  Joy James Elementary School Fort Worth, TX 76114
  6:00 pm
• CHS Softball (V) vs Lake Worth - Softball (F) - Varsity
  YMCA Camp Carter Softball Complex Home - Castleberry ISD/
  7:00 pm
• Student Recital Series: Caio Godoy, cello
  Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Loose dogs in 600 block of Schieme.
  Two pugs and a black great Dane. No fence so I can't contain. (Nextdoor Lions Den)

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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Worth

• Documentary about famed Texas twin artists to premiere in Fort Worth (fortworthreport.org)
• Daughter of Holocaust survivors shares story of heroines at Tarrant synagogue for Yom HaShoah (fortworthreport.org)
• 6 Reasons Fort Worth Seniors Are Choosing Houston Senior Living Communities (fwweekly.com)

White Settlement

• Inside the patrol car: How officers assess risk in real time (police1.com)

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Ok River Oaks! 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: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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