🌱 Dutch Oven Cooking and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dutch Oven Cooking at Purtis Creek State Park

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny; pleasant, less humid, temps: high: 76, low: 50.
• Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Payne Springs

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Saturday November 14

• Dutch Oven Cooking
  Purtis Creek State Park PurtisCreekStatePark Map&Directions
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• MHS Lady Tiger Basketball
  Malakoff ISD Malakoff, TX 75148
• ESD 1 Meeting →
  Trinidad Fire Station, 217 E Front St, Trinidad
  6:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Mahjong at the Oran White Center--Join Us! →
  Oran White Civic Center, 701 N Tool Dr, Tool
  10:00 am
• HS Girls BB JV,V vs. Hawkins @ Eustace
  Eustace H S Eustace, TX 75124
  4:30 pm
• HS JV, V Boys BB @ Fruitvale
  Eustace H S Eustace, TX 75124
  5:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Dutch Oven Cooking
  PurtisCreekStatePark Map&Directions
  9:00 am
• Colton Ryan at Elements By 456 →
  Elements By 456, Gun Barrel City
  7:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• HS Girls BB JV,V vs. Trinidad/ Fruitvale @ Eustace
  Eustace H S Eustace, TX 75124
  4:30 pm

Thursday November 19

• Game Night at The Oran White Center-Join Us! →
  Oran White Civic Center, 701 N Tool Dr, Tool
  6:00 pm

Saturday November 21

• Mabank Pickle Festival →
  Mabank TX
  11:00 am
• Next Stop Comedy at Elements By 456! →
  456 Gun Barrel Lane, Gun Barrel City
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Mabank

• UIL State Cross Country Meet results (news-journal.com)
• Who is on Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitive List? (texomashomepage.com)

Athens

• 17 Industry Companies Support 2026 RVTAA/NRVIA Expo in Texas (rv-pro.com)
• #bEASTTexas Fabulous 15: Longview, Malakoff are No. 1 teams in final poll of 2026 (tylerpaper.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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