🌱 Guymon warns of fake fire inspection payment calls

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In today's newsletter:

• Guymon warns of fake fire inspection payment calls
• Guymon’s veterans tribute joins a region of Veterans Day observances
• Whooping cranes are changing their winter habits in Oklahoma

Also on today's calendar: GCT Presents Shrek and 5 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Beautiful with plenty of sun, with a high of 71 and low of 39 degrees.
• Thursday: Delightful with plenty of sun, temps: high: 71, low: 34.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 67 and low of 42 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Guymon Fire Dept. alerting residents, businesses of phone scam (myhighplains.com) — Scammers posing as fire marshal officials may be calling Guymon residents and businesses, demanding immediate payment for supposedly missed inspections. The Guymon Fire Department says the callers are not legitimate representatives and advises hanging up, then calling 580-338-5536 to verify the request.
   

2. Veterans Day 2026 events in the Texas Panhandle, eastern New Mexico and Oklahoma Panhandle (abc7amarillo.com) — Guymon honored veterans and military families with a Nov. 7 concert at the high school by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West’s Reed Quintet. The regional roundup also lists Veterans Day ceremonies, breakfasts and other gatherings scheduled for Nov. 11 in Amarillo, Canyon and Clovis.
   

3. Oklahoma may be more important for whooping cranes than we thought (kansascity.com) — Eight endangered whooping cranes spent an entire winter at Oklahoma’s Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, a first for the state that could signal changing migration behavior. As cranes head south again, wildlife officials are asking people to share sighting details and photographs, with most Oklahoma reports coming from east of Guymon.
   

4. Jail Log from October 8 & 9, 2026 (liberalfirst.com) — A Guymon resident appears in Seward County’s Oct. 8–9 jail log: Ivan Hernandez, 36, is listed for Oct. 9 as a “day server.” The published log does not explain that designation and cautions that incarceration entries do not establish whether criminal charges were filed.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Guymon

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• No Man's Land Historical Society Meeting →
  Guymon
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday November 13

• GCT Presents Shrek →
  Guymon OK
  7:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Partners in Success Workshop →
  Guymon OK
  2:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Golf Board →
  Guymon OK
  12:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Rotary Bingo →
  Guymon OK
  5:30 pm

Friday November 20

• GCT Presents Shrek →
  Guymon OK
  7:00 pm

Monday November 23

• Texas County Commissioner Meeting →
  Guymon OK
  10:00 am

Tuesday November 24

• Hospital Board Meeting →
  Guymon OK
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Cook in Guymon. Apply 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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