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🌱 Girard’s Match Week gives donors until Friday to boost gifts
Girard, Kansas Patch AM: a 3 min readHi there, Girard! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
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- Girard’s Match Week gives donors until Friday to boost gifts
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Breezy this afternoon, with a high of 68 and low of 41 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 54, low: 30.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 48 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Match Week donations stretch further for Southeast Kansas nonprofits through Nov. 13 (koamnewsnow.com) — Girard donors have through Nov. 13 to boost their nonprofit gifts through Match Week, with the Girard Community Foundation offering $5,000 in matching challenges. Its website lists daily challenges, including a chance for an organization to receive an extra $1,000. Donors can find participating funds at SEKmatchweek.org. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Cover Crops in Grazing Management- Winter Workshop on Soil Health →
Greenbush Educational Center, 947 W 47 Highway, Girard
9:30 am
Friday December 4
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Other local events
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HSFB - Sectional
Girard USD 248 Girard, KS 66743
7:00 pm
Friday November 13
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🗓 Events Nearby
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JH Basketball Southeast
Northeast USD 246 Arma, KS 66712
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Sectional Football
Northeast USD 246 Arma, KS 66712 -
Football Sectionals vs Baldwin
Frontenac Football Field, 519 East McKay Street, Frontenac
7:00 pm -
Chess @ Chanute
Northeast USD 246 Arma, KS 66712 -
Arma's Hometown Christmas and Gift Giveaway →
Downtown Arma, Arma
9:00 am -
PreK Lightning Bug Jamboree Family Night
Frontenac Public Schools USD 249, 826 W McKay St, Frontenac
5:00 pm -
FJH Girls Basketball @ Galena
Galena High School, 702 East 7th Street, Galena
5:30 pm -
JH Basketball Marmaton vally
Northeast USD 246 Arma, KS 66712
5:30 pm -
Arma City Council Regular Meeting →
Council chambers, Arma
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Board of County Commission Meeting →
Franklin County, KS Calendar
8:30 am
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Monday November 16
Wednesday November 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Girard. Apply here.
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser Peer Trainer in Arma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Girard here.
🗞 Nearby News
Frontenac
- Southeast Kansas Farm Show sees successful first year (koamnewsnow.com)
- Kansas mining disaster remembered 138 years later (koamnewsnow.com)
- The Coal Mining Roots Behind Kansas' Famous Extra-Crunchy Chicken (tncontentexchange.com)
Pittsburg
- Pittsburg State Gorilla soccer's key to early program success (fourstateshomepage.com)
- Concert to celebrate Pittsburg's 150th birthday with world premiere (pittstate.edu)
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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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