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🗞️Wednesday, July 31, 2024

🗞️Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Basin Climbing Gym, A Taste of Laos, and events around town happening tonight!

Sam Harper
July 31, 2024

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Good morning, Waco. This is the Waco Buzz. Do you know the word for “Buzz” in French? Bourdonner. Even en français, we’re keeping it real during the Olympics!

In today’s issue:

Basin Climbing Gym 🧗
Local Restaurant Spotlight - A Taste of Laos
Wednesday/Thursday Events🎸
August 1st is TOMORROW!

Let’s get to it.

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WACO BUZZWORTHY NEWS

🥽Students Get To Work This summer, about 30 Waco-area high school students participated in the Triple Win Waco program, where they learned welding skills to create two framed steel structures for future vendor markets. These structures will provide entrepreneurial and creative students with spaces to sell their products near Magnolia Market at the Silos. The program saw record participation from four local school districts and offered students real industrial worksite experience at Sturdisteel in Hewitt. Students not only honed their welding skills but also gained valuable experience in a professional setting, including meeting job standards and working with supervisors. The program benefits students, schools, and businesses, with past projects including a pedal car, a refurbished food truck, and a mobile ax-throwing cage.
🧗 Basin Climbing and Fitness in Hewitt had their soft opening yesterday! It is an indoor rock climbing gym focused on whole-person wellness and community connection. The Wacoan-led team offers various programs, training, and events for all levels of climbers, from beginners to elite athletes. They are open the rest of this week building up to the grand opening. Follow their Facebook page for more updates!
🍕🎥 “You’re Killing Me Smalls”: Tonight at 6 PM Red Herring's vacation will kick off with country tunes from Holly Tucker on the Song Bird stage followed by our feature film - fan favorite flick, The Sandlot. Enjoy this one-time opportunity to take in a classic movie while you indulge in an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet with fresh popcorn, Nightlight Donuts, and Heritage Ice Cream surrounded by friends and family. Bring your blankets & camp chairs for the ultimate outdoor movie-watching experience! Grab Tickets here.
🎭 Velvet Elvis & Love Wins Author Turned Playwright: Rob Bell’s What’s a Knucka Play debut’s at MCC Black Box Theatre. It is the surreal, absurdist story of four climbers from four different nations who arrive from four different directions at the top of The Banashak at the EXACT SAME TIME.
The climbers stand there on the peak, staring each other down, in shock, which quickly turns to denial, rage, scheming, arguments about where exactly the peak even is, plots, and plans to claim the achievement for themselves alone. The play debuts on August 4 at 7 PM. Grab Tickets here.

RESTAURANT NEWS

A Taste of Laos officially is on the move. This hidden gem serves the best Laotian food in Central Texas. Some favorite dishes include the Fried Pork Belly with fried rice, Chicken Larb, Spicy Noodles, and their egg rolls. Waco Buzz Tip: all dishes can be as spicy as you’d like, let the team know if you want it🔥🔥. While the official new address has not been announced, you better believe we will announce it as soon as we find out where they are moving to! Follow along for updates on their Facebook page.

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Visited Magnolia Market in Waco, Tx for my birthday! It’s one of the prettiest places I’ve been to in Texas so I understand why it’s a town favorite

Summer at the Silos! Thanks Sierra Bell

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EVENT LOWDOWN:

Wednesday

WEATHER

Wednesday
77🌡️ 97☀️

Thursday
75🌡️ 98☀️
Sunrise at 6:44 AM | Sunset at 8:26 PM

CIVIC NEWS

McLennan County residents are invited to apply for the fall 2024 session of Citizen's Police Academy. This 12-week course starts on August 22 and will be held on Thursday nights from 6 to 8 p.m., offering classroom instruction and hands-on demonstrations to teach what it takes to be a police officer. Class topics include police recruiting, traffic stops, SWAT, police negotiations, K-9, crime scene, crime prevention, dispatch, active shooter, drug awareness, family violence, and crimes against children. Applicants must complete a criminal background check before acceptance, and the application deadline is Friday, August 16. Learn more and apply here.

AUGUST BUZZ PREVIEW

Are you a foodie who enjoys exploring locally owned restaurants in Waco?

If so, make sure to check out each edition of the Waco Buzz in August. The goal is to feature a different owner and restaurant in each issue to bring more attention to the local food scene all around town.

This idea came from a Waco Buzz reader and our team is so excited for what is to come!

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Have a great week Waco!

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