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🌱 Crafts and a training center opening on Fredericktown’s calendar

Fredericktown, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi there, Fredericktown! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Crafts and a training center opening on Fredericktown’s calendar
  • Fredericktown playground organizers seek $200,000 county contribution
  • Fredericktown students join next week’s school food drive

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny spells, with a high of 61 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, showers; cooler, temps: high: 48, low: 33.
  • Friday: Cloudy, a shower or two; cold, with a high of 41 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. MVN 11.16 to 11.22 Family/Community (mountvernonnews.com) — Fredericktown’s upcoming community calendar includes a fabric acorn craft session at the library Nov. 16, from 2–4 p.m. Lashley Training Center follows with a noon ribbon cutting and an open house lasting until 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at 157 N. Main St., among a wider week of Knox County activities.
   

2. Knox Foundation seeks $200,000 for inclusive playground (mountvernonnews.com) — An inclusive playground proposed for Fredericktown’s Merrin Park could get a boost from a $200,000 county contribution requested by the Knox County Foundation. Organizers say they have raised about half the $1.6 million first-phase cost, which includes the Julie Cochran Inclusive Playground, shelter repairs and accessibility upgrades. Commissioners have been asked to consider the funding.
   

3. Psi Iota Xi Knox County school food drive begins Nov. 16 (yourohionews.com) — Fredericktown elementary students will join a countywide Food For The Hungry collection Nov. 16–20, with donation boxes supplied to classrooms. Pantry priorities include canned produce, soup, canned meals, baked beans and canned meat. Organizers also encourage cash donations, saying each dollar provides $4.56 in buying power through the Mid-Ohio Collective.
   

4. Government events to take place in Knox County Nov. 8-14 (mountvernonnews.com) — Knox County’s government calendar lists a commissioners meeting at 10 a.m. Nov. 12 and a Career Center school board meeting from 5–6 p.m. that day. Fredericktown’s school board meeting was listed for Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m., so that local entry has already passed.
   

5. Football Preview: Monroe Central and River Each Put a Winning Streak on the Line (maxpreps.com) — Fredericktown fell 49-34 to River on Friday, narrowing a 42-21 third-quarter deficit but never catching the Pilots. River now carries an 11-game winning streak into Friday’s 7 p.m. matchup with Monroe Central, which has won five straight games.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Moving into a new place this winter?
    Call the electric and gas utilities with your new address and start date. If a meter is already in place, the utility must start service within three… (Nextdoor )
  • Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Pizza Maker - (02177) in Fredericktown. Apply here.
  • Burger King (Carrols) posted a job opening for Team Member in Mount Vernon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fredericktown 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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Fredericktown

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Fredericktown

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.