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🌱 Remembering Garber’s Burdet W. Smock, killed in action in 1944
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- Remembering Garber’s Burdet W. Smock, killed in action in 1944
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler; a shower this morning, with a high of 57 and low of 37 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with clouds and sun, temps: high: 45, low: 29.
- Friday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 42 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Ultimate Sacrifice: Nov. 10 (telegraphherald.com) — Army Staff Sgt. Burdet W. Smock of Garber was 29 when he was killed in action on Nov. 10, 1944. The Telegraph Herald remembers him in its Nov. 10 installment of a yearlong series honoring service members on the anniversaries of their deaths. 
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🗞 Nearby News
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Dyersville
- Manchester hospital launches annual 'Tree of Lights' campaign (telegraphherald.com)
- KXEL Morning News for Tue. Nov. 10, 2026 (kxel.com)
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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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