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🌱 Blanding’s transfer station returns, with recycling joining the mix

Blanding, Utah Patch AM: a 4 min read

Morning Blanding! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Blanding’s transfer station returns, with recycling joining the mix
  • Three generations behind San Juan Pharmacy’s 60-year milestone
  • Blanding’s STEAM Expo gives students a glimpse of future careers

Also on today's calendar: San Juan High Girls Basketball VS Delta.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Nice with plenty of sun, with a high of 60 and low of 30 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 58, low: 32.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Blanding Transfer Station reopens, grand opening is November 14 (sjrnews.com) — Blanding residents are getting a local trash drop-off option back, with a recycling grand opening Nov. 14 at 62 East Blanding Transfer Road. The station will accept residential waste Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., with restrictions on materials. Recycling must be sorted by material, with cardboard flattened and containers rinsed.
   

2. San Juan Pharmacy Marks 60 Year Anniversary (sjrnews.com) — Three generations of the Nielson family have helped keep Blanding’s prescriptions filled as San Juan Pharmacy marks 60 years under family ownership. Dana Nielson has worked there for 51 years, and his son Scott now serves as the main pharmacist, continuing a tradition that includes after-hours help and emergency home deliveries.
   

3. USU Blanding Hosts Hundreds of Grade School Students at Annual STEAM Expo (sjrnews.com) — More than 600 students explored science, technology and the arts at USU Blanding’s Sept. 24 STEAM Expo, including students from every San Juan County school. Career demonstrations included an all-female helicopter crew fielding students’ questions about becoming pilots, part of an effort to connect classroom learning with future possibilities.
   

4. Aztec ready to hit the mat in bid to three-peat as state champs (tricityrecordnm.com) — Aztec High School’s boys wrestling team is scheduled to visit Blanding on Dec. 8 as the New Mexico program pursues a third straight state championship. Coach Levi Stout has built a demanding early-season schedule around returning talent, aiming to expose weaknesses and prepare his wrestlers for February’s state tournament.
   

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  • Utah State University posted a job opening for Assistant Professor, Professional Practice Assistant Professor, or Lecturer of Criminal Justice in Blanding. Apply here.

Ok Blanding! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- 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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