🌱 Missing Amarillo man traced through Santa Rosa found safe

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In today's newsletter:

• Missing Amarillo man traced through Santa Rosa found safe
• Where to find results from Santa Rosa's October meets

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunshine, with a high of 65 and low of 34 degrees.
• Thursday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 69, low: 35.
• Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Police: Missing Amarillo man found in Arizona (newschannel10.com) — An 80-year-old Amarillo man whose cellphone pinged in Santa Rosa during a missing-person search has been found safe in Arizona. Amarillo police say Arizona state troopers located Melvin Wayne McKown after a Silver Alert was issued Friday morning.
   

• New Mexico Meet Results (milesplit.com) — Results listings for two Santa Rosa meets appear in a statewide directory: the October 30 NMAA 2A District 5 meet and the October 24 Santa Rosa Invite. The directory also links to November 7 state championship results in Albuquerque, but provides no athlete standings or times in the supplied text.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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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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