🌱 Oran hunters gain a new way to help feed neighbors

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In today's newsletter:

• Oran hunters gain a new way to help feed neighbors

Also on today's calendar: Family Movie Day.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A stray morning thundershower, with a high of 73 and low of 44 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 55, low: 36.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 49 and low of 29 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Oran meat processor joins statewide effort to help feed families in need (standard-democrat.com) — Oran hunters have a new place to donate deer to help feed families facing food insecurity. Scherer Farms Processing, at 470 County Road 416, has joined Missouri’s Share the Harvest program, which lets hunters donate without paying processing costs and connects the venison with families in need.
   

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📸 Around Oran

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oran

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• Tween/Teen Escape Room Challenge →
  Oran
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday November 14

• Family Movie Day →
  Oran MO
  10:00 am

Monday November 16

• JHBB vs Chaffee
  ORAN R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT Oran, MO 63771
  6:00 pm

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📣 Oran Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Workforce Wednesday
  Career & Technology Center, 1080 S Silver Springs Rd, Cape Girardeau
  9:00 am
• Veterans Day Program
  Bell City R-iI Bell City, MO 63735
  10:00 am
• JHBB @ Delta
  ORAN R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT Oran, MO 63771
  6:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Movie Night
  Sikeston Kindergarten Center Sikeston, MO 63801
• Guest Artist Kathy Shields at the Depot →
  Sikeston MO
• Scrapbooking →
  Scott City MO
  1:00 pm
• Bulldog Madness
  Sikeston R-6 Sikeston, MO 63801
  5:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Journaling →
  Benton MO
  2:00 pm
• Fall Crafting →
  Scott City MO
  3:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Red Bull GmbH posted a job opening for Merchandiser (Full Time) in Sikeston. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Sikeston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oran here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Scott City

• Why a Southern Illinois Farmer Is Building Fertilizer Terminals for the Next Decade (agweb.com)
• The Supply Side: Arkansas couple ink a ‘Golden' mix deal with Walmart (talkbusiness.net)
• Here Lies a Revolutionary War Soldier: Joseph Hunter II (krcu.org)

Sikeston

• Smith honored for lifetime of service to Sikeston, Southeast Missouri (standard-democrat.com)
• Inside Bulldog Nation: Sikeston Middle School builds connections, leadership, and brighter futures (standard-democrat.com)
• Yanow to Represent Alan Wire in New England (ewweb.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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