🌱 Paulden school bus route absorbs more riders amid driver shortage

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• Paulden school bus route absorbs more riders amid driver shortage

Also on today's calendar: Paulden Rocks!.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Warm with sunshine, with a high of 72 and low of 33 degrees.
• Thursday: Pleasant with sunshine, temps: high: 71, low: 38.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• CVUSD board discusses bus driver shortage (dcourier.com) — A bus driver shortage has forced Chino Valley Unified to combine another route with a Paulden route, leaving all buses serving Del Rio and Heritage at maximum capacity. Office staff are driving daily, and extra monitors are helping with fuller buses. Even after a trainee starts driving, the district expects to remain two drivers short.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Paulden

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 6

• Christmas Tenors →
  Prescott Elks Theater, 117 E Gurley St #115, Prescott
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• Coffee w/ the Superintendent
  Del Rio Elementary School
  7:00 am

Tuesday December 8

• Paulden Rocks! →
  Paulden Public Library, 16 Big Chino Rd, Paulden
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Line Dancing →
  Community Center Community Room Suite A, 1527 N. Road 1 East, Chino Valley
  11:00 am
• Cub Scout Pack 10 →
  1527 N. Road 1 East, Chino Valley
  6:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Coffee w/ the Superintendent
  Del Rio Elementary School
  7:00 am
• Lasagna →
  Senior Center Garden Cafe, 1021 Butterfield Rd, Chino Valley
  11:30 am
• Traditional Yang Tai Chi Class →
  Community Center Community Room Suite A, 1527 N. Road 1 East, Chino Valley
  1:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Fitness Boot Camp →
  Community Center Community Room Suite A, 1527 N. Road 1 East, Chino Valley
  7:00 am
• Community Yoga →
  Community Center Community Room Suite A, 1527 N. Road 1 East, Chino Valley
  8:30 am
• All Creatures Wildlife Live Animals →
  Library Community Room, 1020 Palomino Rd, Chino Valley
  10:30 am
• Ham →
  Senior Center Garden Cafe, 1021 Butterfield Rd, Chino Valley
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Customer Service Rep (09200) - 1021 N SR 89 #103 in Chino Valley. Apply here.
• Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Retail Sales and Store Support in Chino Valley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Paulden here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Chino Valley

• Pet of the Week: Norte (Chino Valley Animal Shelter) (dcourier.com)
• The voters speak with 121,876 ballots, plus 1 (dcourier.com)
• Embry Riddle Training Airport Approved (avbrief.com)

Prescott

• Mayor Rusing explains the future of Prescott land development (dcourier.com)
• New affordable housing for Prescott veterans transforms 1900s officers' quarters into apartments (kjzz.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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