🌱 Remembering Joe Bill Fox, Lamesa-born coach and school superintendent

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In today's newsletter:

• Remembering Joe Bill Fox, Lamesa-born coach and school superintendent

Also on today's calendar: Teen Time: After Hours and 9 more events.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 73 and low of 42 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 70, low: 44.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Joe Bill Fox – Jan. 15, 1932 – Oct. 30, 2026 (fortworthreport.org) — Joe Bill Fox, a Lamesa native whose coaching and education career led him to serve as Birdville ISD superintendent, died Oct. 30 at 94. During his leadership, the district added six schools and welcomed 5,000 more students. A memorial service is scheduled for Nov. 19 at White's Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake.
   

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📸 Around Lamesa

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lamesa

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• Storytime →
  Dawson County Public Library, 511 N. Third Street, Lamesa
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• 🏀JH Girls B @ O'Donnell
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  4:00 pm
• 🏀JH Boys W @ O'Donnell
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  5:00 pm
• 🏀JH Girls A @ O'Donnell
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  6:00 pm
• 🏀JH Boys M @ O'Donnell
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  7:00 pm

Friday November 13

• đ LHS Girls Basketball VS Alpine
  Lamesa ISD, 600 N 14th St, Lamesa
  5:00 pm

Monday November 16

• 🏀JH Girls B VS Wellman
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  4:00 pm
• 🏀JH Boys W VS Wellman
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  5:00 pm
• đ LMS Boys Basketball VS Odessa Compass
  Lamesa ISD, South 1st Street & North Bryan Avenue, Lamesa
  5:30 pm
• đ LMS Girls Basketball @ Odessa Compass
  Lamesa ISD Odessa, TX, USA
  5:30 pm
• 🏀JH Girls A VS Wellman
  Klondike ISD Lamesa, TX 79331
  6:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Teen Time: After Hours →
  Dawson County Public Library, 511 N. Third Street, Lamesa
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center posted a job opening for CMHCS Resource Nurse RN in Lamesa. Apply here.
• pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in LAMESA TX S15112 in Lamesa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lamesa here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Seminole

• Complete List Of Tanya Tucker Songs From A to Z (classicrockhistory.com)
• Football Recap: Ian Lopez and Adrian Castro Pace Fabens Defense (maxpreps.com)

Big Spring

• AT&T cell tower outage disrupts cell service in Big Spring (firstalert7.com)
• Oil Crashed. Your Diesel Didn't. (energynewsbeat.co)
• Murrell Douglas Howell (wgil.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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