🌱 Remembering Betty Pierce, longtime Waltonville school bus driver
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- Remembering Betty Pierce, longtime Waltonville school bus driver
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Chilly with some sun, with a high of 46 and low of 28 degrees.
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• Betty Pierce (Hogshead) (wmix94.com) — Betty Pierce, 81, a longtime Waltonville school bus driver whose family includes a son and grandson in Ewing, died November 7. She drove for Waltonville Schools for more than 30 years and was active at Ina Free Will Baptist Church, where visitation is November 11 from 5–7 p.m. and her funeral is November 12 at 11 a.m. 
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- Hundreds of students coming to SIU for Future Teachers Day on Nov. 13 (siu.edu)
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- SSM Health launches new Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic (morningsentinel.com)
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