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🌱 An inclusive playground is taking shape at Grover Nelson Park

Abilene, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Abilene! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • An inclusive playground is taking shape at Grover Nelson Park
  • Grocery checkout donations help keep Abilene's Meals on Wheels rolling
  • Dyess begins building its B-21 future

Also on today's calendar: Laughing Crab Abilene Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting 11.12.26 and 9 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 76 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Thursday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 76, low: 51.
  • Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 73 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Abilene advances new inclusive playground at Grover Nelson Park (ktxs.com) — Abilene is planning an inclusive playground near Grover Nelson Park's softball fields, with wheelchair-accessible equipment, sensory play and accessible swings. Agenda summaries put the cost at about $770,330, including roughly $141,210 in grant funding. City staff say this project is separate from fundraising to rebuild the fire-destroyed Fort Imagination playground.
   

2. United Supermarkets, Market Street kick off Meals on Wheels fundraising campaign (bigcountryhomepage.com) — Abilene shoppers can now donate to Meals on Wheels Plus through checkout pin pads at participating United Supermarkets and Market Street stores. The campaign launched Tuesday with a $2,500 gift, supporting an organization that provides about 1,500 meals daily and relies on volunteers for deliveries, wellness checks and companionship.
   

3. Dyess AFB Breaks Ground on First Dedicated B-21 Raider Facility (aero-news.net) — Construction has begun on Dyess Air Force Base’s first facility dedicated to the B-21 Raider, a $78 million mission-planning center. Leaders broke ground November 5 on the 46,000-square-foot building, part of a projected $1.6 billion modernization effort that will reshape the Abilene installation over the next decade.
   

4. Voices of Valor: Six generations of military service continue through Dillon family (bigcountryhomepage.com) — Dyess pilot Charles Dillon flies the same aircraft model his father once flew, continuing a family military tradition spanning six generations. His father, retired Maj. Gen. Mark Dillon, and mother, Sara, both served in the Air Force. Charles and his brother Jack are now Air Force pilots themselves.
   

5. Texas DPS delivers serious safety warning to teen drivers (ktxs.com) — Teen drivers at Abilene's A OK Driving School hear monthly from DPS Sgt. Marc Couch about speeding, seat belts, distraction and impaired driving. Couch says measuring the presentations' impact is difficult. For parent Mandi Chase, whose 15-year-old attends the school, distractions from phones and friends are a leading worry.
   

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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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