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🌱 Melbourne relatives remember Alford Martin as Celebration of Life approaches.

Melbourne, Arkansas Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi Melbourne! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Melbourne relatives remember Alford Martin as Celebration of Life approaches.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunshine with low humidity, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Thursday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 84, low: 63.
  • Friday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Obituary: Alford (Al) Martin (whiterivernow.com) — Family and friends in Melbourne and across north-central Arkansas are mourning Alford (Al) Martin, 88, of Evening Shade, whose surviving son Donald lives in Melbourne. A longtime truck driver, mechanic, and Bear Creek Church member, he loved family time, fishing, auctions, and westerns. A Celebration of Life is set for Saturday, June 20 at Crown Lake in Horseshoe Bend.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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