🌱 Maynard native shares Korean War memories at veterans tribute

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• Maynard native shares Korean War memories at veterans tribute

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler; breezy this afternoon, with a high of 57 and low of 35 degrees.
• Thursday: Rather cloudy; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 41, low: 26.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Program leaders honor veterans at assisted living facilities (mankatofreepress.com) — Maynard native Paul Lutz shared memories of serving as a Korean War medic during a veterans recognition ceremony in St. Peter, Minnesota. Veterans from two assisted living facilities received pins and certificates as more than 40 residents, relatives and staff gathered to recognize their service.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Needle Arts Group →
  West Union Community Library, 210 North Vine Street, West Union
  9:00 am
• Library Board Meeting →
  West Union Community Library, 210 North Vine Street, West Union
  5:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Maple Crest Campus Soup Supper →
  Maple Crest Campus, 100 Bolger Dr, Fayette
  4:00 pm
• JH Girls Basketball: Wapsie Valley @ BMAP
  Wapsie Valley Comm School District Fairbank, IA 50629
  4:15 pm
• Girls Bowling: Oelwein vs Denver (Junior Varsity)
  Cadillac XBC
  5:00 pm
• Girls Bowling: Oelwein vs Denver (Varsity)
  Cadillac XBC
  5:00 pm

Monday November 16

• JH Girls Basketball: Wapsie Valley @ Sumner-Fredericksburg
  Wapsie Valley Comm School District Fairbank, IA 50629
  4:15 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Girls Bowling: Forest City vs Oelwein (Varsity)
  Viper Lanes
  4:00 pm
• Friends of the Library meeting →
  West Union Community Library, 210 North Vine Street, West Union
  4:00 pm
• JH Boys Wrestling: Wapsie Valley @ Gladbrook
  Wapsie Valley Comm School District Fairbank, IA 50629
  4:15 pm

Wednesday November 18

• City Council Meeting →
  Hazleton City Hall, 111 3rd St N, Hazleton
  6:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Iowa Fraud Fighters Program →
  West Union Community Library, 210 North Vine Street, West Union
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Worker - Upper Iowa University in Fayette. Apply here.
• CITY Laundering Company posted a job opening for Janitorial in Oelwein. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maynard here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fayette

• Eastern Iowa Veterans Day events: Ceremonies, meals and more (kwwl.com)
• Fayette adds public works employees, seeks deputy clerk (communitynewspapergroup.com)
• Driver airlifted following crash (tncontentexchange.com)

Oelwein

• NICL-East announces All-Conference VB teams (communitynewspapergroup.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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