🌱 Remembering Filer’s Edgar Vincent and his WWII service

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In today's newsletter:

• Remembering Filer’s Edgar Vincent and his WWII service
• Three Filer football players earn all-conference honors

Also on today's calendar: 7th Annual FHS Foundation Gala Fundraiser.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 35 degrees.
• Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 64, low: 41.
• Friday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 64 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• From Idaho farms to Tinian's runways, southern Idaho B-29 pilots helped win the war (magicvalley.com) — Filer native Edgar Vincent flew 32 bombing missions during World War II, serving alongside Twin Falls pilot Ralph Wilson on the Pacific island of Tinian. Wilson’s daughter, Shirley Wilson Bates, has helped preserve their unit’s history through a newsletter connecting veterans’ children, grandchildren and others.
   

• Kimberly's Barrett, Wood River's Fife named 4A Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference football players of the year (kmvt.com) — Three Filer football players earned second-team honors in the 4A Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference: offensive lineman Tristen Kelsey, defensive lineman Wesley Trease and defensive back Brody Dey. The conference’s top individual awards went to Kimberly’s Joe Barrett on offense and Wood River’s Max Fife on defense.
   

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📸 Around Filer

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Filer

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★ Featured events ★

Friday November 13

• Gold Buckle Club presents: Cowboy Christmas →
  Twin Falls County Fairgrounds, 215 Fair Ave, Filer
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday November 16

• Girls Basketball v. Wendell (JV 5:30/ V 7:00)
  Filer District #413 Filer, ID 83328
  5:30 pm

Thursday November 19

• 7th Annual FHS Foundation Gala Fundraiser →
  215 Fair Avenue, Filer
  5:30 pm

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📣 Filer Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Foundation Mastermind →
  Main Office - Twin Falls Real Estate Agent at Keller Williams Realty Sun Valley Southern Idaho, 647 Filer Avenue, Twin Falls
  6:00 pm
• FREE Beginner Essential Oils Class →
  Twin Falls ID
  6:00 pm
• Sound Bowls & Stillness →
  The Locale, 162 Main Ave W, Twin Falls
  6:30 pm

Thursday November 12

• Business Start Up Seminar →
  Twin Falls ID
  12:30 pm
• The Roadmap to Home Ownership →
  647 Filer Avenue, Twin Falls
  5:30 pm
• Try Scuba Course →
  Banbury Hotsprings, 1128 Banbury Road, Buhl
  6:00 pm
• Twin Falls Thanksgiving pie and roll tasting class →
  Kneaders Bakery & Cafe, 1575 Washington Street North, Twin Falls
  6:00 pm
• Sold out! Twin Falls Sewing Classes →
  510 2nd Avenue South, Twin Falls
  6:00 pm
• Twin Falls Sewing Classes →
  510 2nd Avenue South #100, Twin Falls
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Filer. Apply here.
• Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Twin Falls. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Filer here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Twin Falls

• Twin Falls mayor picks Lucy Wills and Kelly Hergesell to fill two vacant City Council seats this fall (kivitv.com)
• Twin Falls' Bohrn named top volleyball player in Great Basin (magicvalley.com)
• Idaho's only screening: Faulkner Planetarium premieres ‘America the Beautiful' this Veterans Day for vets (kmvt.com)

Buhl

• Wendell, Sun Valley, Buhl lead 4A all-HDC boys soccer honors (magicvalley.com)

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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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