🌱 Remembering Falfurrias native Ramon Niño and his mariachi legacy

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• Remembering Falfurrias native Ramon Niño and his mariachi legacy

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Warmer with showers around, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 80, low: 53.
• Friday: Sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Beloved North Side High School mariachi director dies weeks after cancer diagnosis (nbcdfw.com) — Falfurrias native Ramon Niño, who helped lead Fort Worth's North Side High School mariachi ensemble to Carnegie Hall, died Nov. 5 after a brief battle with cancer. His wife remembers an educator who learned mariachi alongside his students and helped them recognize their own potential during his 24-year teaching career.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Falfurrias

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★ Featured events ★

Friday November 13

• Falfurrias - FEDA (Fal Economic Development Accelerator) Building →
  Falfurrias FEDA Building, 120 West Rice Street, Falfurrias
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• 7th/8th girls basketball at Purcell(HS Gym) vs Sulphur 7th at 6:00, 8th at 7:00
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias

Friday November 13

• HS Football playoffs first round
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias
• HS Boys basketball scrimmage home vs Minco, 3:15
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias

Monday November 16

• Elementary Book Fair
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias
• 7/8/9 Basketball vs Sulphur Girls away, Boys home 5:00/6:00/7:00
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias
• HS Girls basketball scrimmage at Edmond North, 4:00
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias

Tuesday November 17

• 7/8/9 Chickasha Girls home, Boys away 5:00/6:00/7:00
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• 7th/8th girls basketball at Purcell(HS Gym) vs Sulphur 7th at 6:00, 8th at 7:00
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias
• Chickasaw Nation Public School Program Stomp Dance and Storytelling
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias
  9:30 am

Friday November 13

• HS Boys basketball scrimmage home vs Minco, 3:15
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias
• HS Football playoffs first round
  Brooks County ISD, 200 E. Allen, Falfurrias

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pilot Travel Centers, LLC posted a job opening for Deli Production Team Member in Falfurrias. Apply here.
• Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member, Day Shift - Unit 317 in Falfurrias. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Falfurrias here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Kingsville

• Worlds Meet in Santa Barraza's 'Dreaming Nepantla' (glasstire.com)
• Weather conditions prompt school closures, delayed starts across Kleberg County (kingsvillerecord.com)
• Heavy Rain Up to 10 Inches Targets South Texas Including Kingsville, Beeville, and Tilden as 2 Trillion More Gallons Fall Through Tuesday (newsbreak.com)

Corpus Christi

• Corpus Christi approves $16.3M makeover for North Padre Island seawall (kiiitv.com)

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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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