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🌱 Fannin County students challenge assumptions about AI data centers

Bonham, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Fannin County students challenge assumptions about AI data centers
  • Remembering Bonham’s farm boy turned WWII mountain soldier
  • Fannin County adopts tax abatement rules over judge’s objection

Also on today's calendar: Thursday Literary Society.

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 74, low: 44.
  • Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 67 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fannin County students sound off on data centers (kten.com) — Sam Rayburn High School FFA students brought questions about AI data centers to Fannin County commissioners Tuesday after weeks of research. They weighed potential jobs against demands on water, electricity and farmland, and suggested using previously developed land rather than productive agricultural acres.
   

• The story of Bonham’s WWII winter warrior and the assault of Riva Ridge (ntxe-news.com) — Bonham High School graduate Weldon “Steve” Porter traded North Texas farm life for the Army’s elite mountain troops, helping assault Italy’s Riva Ridge in World War II. His remarkable skiing skills brought encouragement to pursue the Olympics, but serious combat wounds ended that possibility. He is buried at Bonham’s Willow Wild Cemetery.
   

• Fannin County Commissioners Court adopts abatement policy (ntxe-news.com) — Fannin County commissioners adopted tax abatement guidelines in a 4–1 vote Tuesday, with County Judge Newt Cunningham seeking stricter rules. The decision came during a meeting that also heard concerns about development, including a proposed Trenton sports park and a power plant near Savoy’s grade school.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Thank you, Good Samaritans!
    . . . I didn't get a chance to find out who they were, but so grateful a father and son were coming out of their driveway just as I was having to… (Nextdoor Bonham Boyd Ravenna)
  • Anyone have an electric stove with working oven they are giving away.
    Have someone in need of a working oven for thanksgiving (Nextdoor South Bonham)
  • Sonic posted a job opening for Crew Member in Whitewright. Apply here.
  • TXB Market and Fuel Center posted a job opening for Store Team Member in Wolfe City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bonham 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 Bonham

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