🌱 Saturday Ajo Artisans Mercado and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Color-Themed Family Storytime at Lillie C Salazar-Ajo Branch Library
• Saturday Ajo Artisans Mercado at Ajo Plaza

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 79, low: 50.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 78 and low of 50 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Why

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Pounding: Hip-Hop Rhythms
  Salazar-Ajo Library, 15 Plaza #179, Ajo
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Color-Themed Family Storytime
  Lillie C Salazar-Ajo Branch Library , 33 Plaza Street , Ajo
  10:00 am

Saturday December 20

• Saturday Ajo Artisans Mercado
  Ajo Plaza , 85321 Plaza , Ajo
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Color Me Calm Adult Coloring
  Maricopa Library and Cultural Center - Pine Room
  9:30 am
• Toddler Time (2-3 yrs)
  Maricopa Library and Cultural Center - Storytime
  9:30 am
• Employment Services with ARIZONA@WORK
  Coolidge Public Library , 160 W Central Ave , Coolidge
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Desert Crown Youth Rodeo
  Buckeye Equestrian & Events Center , 10300 S Miller Rd , Buckeye
  9:00 am
• Babytime (birth-2 years)
  Maricopa Library and Cultural Center - Storytime
  9:30 am
• COIL - Learner Showcase
  Center for Online and Innovative Learning - COIL , 1000 N Amarillo St , Casa Grande
  4:00 pm
• Preschool Storytime (Ages 3-5)
  Maricopa Library and Cultural Center - Storytime
  4:00 pm
• Novel Ideas Adult Book Club
  Maricopa Library and Cultural Center - Palo Verde Room
  5:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Fun Van supported by First Things First
  Maricopa Library and Cultural Center - Redwood room B
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Casa Grande

• Sowing the seeds of an Arizona agricultural partnership (arizona.edu)
• Coroner ID's man killed in late-night apartment shooting (inmaricopa.com)
• esVolta battery facility gets greenlight from Pinal County, with Court Rich, Rose Law Group's director of energy & utility infrastructure and the firm's co-founder, presenting the case (roselawgroupreporter.com)

Goodyear

• 2026 Avanti USAC CRA Sprint Car Schedule Released (speedwaydigest.com)
• Historic Kyrene school closure vote may come Tuesday (tempenews.com)

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