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Raeford, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Raeford! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Raeford training offers a path to manufacturing job interviews
  • Remembering Diana Gonzalez, missing from Raeford for 21 years
  • Video shows Hoke High principal intervening in student fight

Also on today's calendar: Stop, Look, and Listen: How to Observe and Assess Development (Parts 1 and 2) and 7 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 75 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Nice with clouds and sun, temps: high: 73, low: 44.
  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 59 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Sandhills Community College offers pre-employment training in partnership with Pennsylvania Transformer Technology (bizfayetteville.com) — Job seekers can get fee-waived manufacturing training and a guaranteed interview with Pennsylvania Transformer Technology through a Dec. 5 program in Raeford. Sandhills Community College will host the session from 8 a.m. to noon at its Hoke Center, 1110 East Central Avenue. Registration is limited to adults 18 and older, with starting pay listed at $21.65.
   

2. Missing since 2005 from Raeford, North Carolina: Diana Gonzalez was only 14 when she was taken (newsbreak.com) — Diana Isabel Gonzalez remains missing 21 years after disappearing from Raeford at age 14, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Her case is classified as a non-family abduction, and a kidnapping warrant was issued for Jose Barrera-Pacheco in 2006. Anyone with information can contact the Hoke County Sheriff's Office at 910-875-2135.
   

3. VIDEO: Hoke County High School Principal Tries To Break Up Fight (thencbeat.com) — Video circulating on social media shows Hoke County High School principal Colleen Pegram-Wike trying to stop a student fight Monday at the new Raeford campus. She falls before continuing to intervene, and a school resource officer is later seen breaking up the fight. No official district statement was available when the report was published.
   

4. Operation Turkey: Where Thanksgiving begins (upandcomingweekly.com) — Operation Turkey Fayetteville needs volunteers to help prepare and deliver 8,500 Thanksgiving meals as rising costs strain its resources. Meal requests close Nov. 20 or when all meals are claimed, and volunteers can register through the organization's website. The broader effort includes coordination with Pastor Anderson of the Hoke County Soup Kitchen in Raeford.
   

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  • Anyone needing a 6 foot Christmas tree.
    For narrow space / corner. Free. No longer available! (Nextdoor Hobson)
  • Pizza Hut - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Team Member in Raeford. Apply here.
  • Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(08810) - 311 Harris Avenue in Raeford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Raeford here.

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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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