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🌱 Remembering Nancy Lynn Kirkpatrick, missing from Columbia Falls since 1976
Columbia Falls, Montana Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Columbia Falls! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Remembering Nancy Lynn Kirkpatrick, missing from Columbia Falls since 1976
- Columbia Falls’ young debate team opens season with second-place finish
Also on today's calendar: Baby Storytime - Columbia Falls and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 30 degrees.
- Thursday: Sun and areas of high clouds, temps: high: 53, low: 28.
- Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 51 and low of 28 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Missing since 1976 from Columbia Falls, Montana: Nancy Lynn Kirkpatrick was 16 when she disappeared (newsbreak.com) — Fifty years after 16-year-old Nancy Lynn Kirkpatrick disappeared while walking home from babysitting in Columbia Falls, her whereabouts remain unknown. Listed with national missing-person agencies, she was last seen April 21, 1976, and anyone with information can contact the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 
• Glacier and Flathead high school speech and debate teams finish first and second in Missoula (dailyinterlake.com) — Columbia Falls High School’s young speech and debate team finished second in the Class A, B and C standings at Saturday’s season opener in Missoula, just two points behind Hamilton. Coach Dawn Wheeler praised the team’s poise, with all but 10 competitors participating for the first time.
📸 Around Columbia Falls
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Upcoming Events in
Columbia Falls
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★ Featured events ★
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Preschool Storytime - Columbia Falls →
Columbia Falls Library, 130 6th Street West #C, Columbia Falls
10:30 am
Thursday November 12
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Other local events
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Baby Storytime - Columbia Falls →
Columbia Falls Library, 130 6th Street West #C, Columbia Falls
10:30 am -
NEW Tiny Tutorials (Grades 6-12) →
Columbia Falls Library, 130 6th Street West #C, Columbia Falls
4:00 pm -
Mike Murray →
Gunsight Saloon, 624 Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls
6:00 pm -
Andrew Sweeney →
Gunsight Saloon, 624 Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls
6:00 pm -
Toddler Storytime - Columbia Falls →
Columbia Falls Library, 130 6th Street West #C, Columbia Falls
10:30 am -
Rylee Mix Duo at The Rendezvous →
The Rendezvous, 810 1st Ave W, Columbia Falls
5:00 pm -
Ladies night w/ Tanner Laws →
Gunsight Saloon, 624 Nucleus Avenue, Columbia Falls
5:00 pm
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
Tuesday November 17
📣 Columbia Falls Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Fish Fry →
Tupelo Grille, 17 Central Ave, Whitefish
5:00 pm -
Let's Be Bold Ladies Networking Event At The Patio →
Whitefish MT -
Wine and Wishlists at Trovare →
Whitefish MT -
Bigfork Chamber of Commerce November Sundowner
The Raven, 15321 Montana Hwy 35, Bigfork
10:00 am
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- (RETURNED) We have an escape artist off middle road just south of Trap.
Anyone seen him? He’s been gone an hour and a half at this point (10 am) (Nextdoor Columbia Falls Middle Rd)
- Balducci's Food Lover's Market posted a job opening for Starbucks Barista in Whitefish. Apply here.
- Albertsons Company posted a job opening for In-Store Shopper in Whitefish. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbia Falls here.
🗞 Nearby News
Whitefish
- Whitefish Skijoring moves to county fairgrounds (whitefishpilot.com)
- Maggie Voisin Returns Home in 'The Last Best Ski Town' (tetongravity.com)
- 15 Restaurants Worth Adding to Your Dining List in Montana (newsbreak.com)
Kalispell
- Kalispell police investigate flock camera vandalization at Lowe's (nbcmontana.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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