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🌱 Chiricahua gets national park status, keeps free admission
Willcox, Arizona Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Willcox! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Chiricahua gets national park status, keeps free admission
- Cool Veterans Day start in Willcox before Friday rain chances
- Family fights off alleged carjacker on I-10 near San Simon
Also on today's calendar: Jacob Acosta.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 42.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 71 and low of 44 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Meet Chiricahua, Arizona's newest national park (statepress.com) — Chiricahua's towering rock spires near Willcox now belong to Arizona's fourth national park, following legislation signed Oct. 20. The designation brings no new entrance fees or permit requirements, leaving visitors free to explore the landscape known as the “Wonderland of Rocks,” along with its trails and historic Faraway Ranch. 
• Warm Veterans Day ahead as Pacific systems line up rain chances for Friday (kgun9.com) — Willcox and Benson are forecast to start Veterans Day at 42 degrees, the coldest readings listed for southeastern Arizona. Afternoon temperatures across Cochise County should reach the low 70s before Pacific weather systems bring regional rain chances and cooler air beginning Friday and continuing into early next week.
• Naked carjacker allegedly crawls through truck window in I-10 ambush after beating Tempe rideshare driver (fox10phoenix.com) — An alleged carjacking spree ended near San Simon after a family fought off a man who police say climbed through their pickup's rear window. Samuel Goodrick, later taken to a Willcox hospital for medical clearance, faces attempted murder and robbery charges tied to an earlier Tempe attack that left a rideshare driver on life support.
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Friday November 13
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Friday November 13
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Open Grief Support Group →
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Play Date →
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MS Softball B Team @ Benson
ST DAVID UNIFIED DISTRICT (4173), 360 S Patagonia St, Benson
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MS Softball A Team @ Benson
ST DAVID UNIFIED DISTRICT (4173), 360 S Patagonia St, Benson
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MS Boys C Team Bball vs Willcox
ST DAVID UNIFIED DISTRICT (4173), 70 E Patton St, St David
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MS Boys B Team Bball vs Willcox
ST DAVID UNIFIED DISTRICT (4173), 70 E Patton St, St David
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MS Boys A Team Bball vs Willcox
ST DAVID UNIFIED DISTRICT (4173), 70 E Patton St, St David
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Dungeons & Dragons House Game →
408 West Main Street, Safford
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BYU Young Ambassadors: IMAGINE →
David M. Player Center for the Arts, Safford
7:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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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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