🌱 Patch AM: How a Fort Smith micro-preemie beat the odds to come home

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Fort Smith micro-preemie beat the odds to come home

Also on today's calendar: CountDown to Christmas 2025 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 63 and low of 37 degrees.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 66, low: 37.
• Saturday: Low clouds and cooler, with a high of 56 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Home for the holidays: After nearly a year in the hospital, Fort Smith couple looks forward to first Christmas at home with infant daughter (rivervalleydemocratgazette.com) — A Fort Smith couple is finally celebrating Christmas at home with their daughter Harlow after she spent nearly a year in the hospital as a micro-preemie. Their story traces from a frightening pregnancy and emergency care in Fort Smith and Little Rock to Harlow’s remarkable progress back at their Fort Smith home. It also highlights the challenges and hope many families of premature babies face.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Smith

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Friday December 12

• CountDown to Christmas 2025
  5111 Rogers Ave , Fort Smith
  10:00 am
• Arts On Main The Figure at Rest: a Life Drawing SoirĂŠe
  Arts On Main , 415 Main Street , Van Buren
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Arts On Main: Christmas Cookie Decorating
  Arts On Main , 415 Main Street , Van Buren
  1:00 pm
• Keyboards at Christmas
  Oak Cliff Baptist Church , 3701 Gary St , Fort Smith
  2:30 pm
• Keyboards at Christmas
  Oak Cliff Baptist Church , 3701 South Gary Street , Fort Smith
  2:30 pm

Sunday December 14

• Keyboards at Christmas
  Oak Cliff Baptist Church , 3701 Gary St , Fort Smith
  6:30 pm

Monday December 15

• Happy Hour every Monday & Wednesday at Le Mesa ALL DAY
  Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce , 1217 S Waldron Rd , Fort Smith
  11:00 am
• 810 Billiards & Bowling: Bingo
  810 Billiards & Bowling , 5609 Rogers Ave , Fort Smith
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 16

• 810 Billiards & Bowling: Ultimate Game Show
  810 Billiards & Bowling , 5609 Rogers Ave , Fort Smith
  6:30 am
• 2025 Business Brew Series: December 16th
  Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce , 9814 US-71 , Fort Smith
  8:00 am

Wednesday December 17

• Happy Hour every Monday & Wednesday at Le Mesa ALL DAY
  Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce , 1217 S Waldron Rd , Fort Smith
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• $5.00 Movie Night @ KOH The Polar Express
  King Opera House , 427 Main St , Van Buren
  12:00 pm
• Ice Skating Rink at Freedom Park
  Historic Downtown Van Buren
  5:30 pm
• A Nouveau Christmas Soirée
  Miss Laura's Brothel Museum , 2 N B St , Fort Smith
  6:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Chamber Holiday Open House
  Van Buren Chamber , 111 N 12th St , Van Buren
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Taken****Christmas tree for free.
  It's 9ft, has pine cones, is NOT pre lit. Decorations not included. It's old and sheds, but it is a very pretty tree. It's sturdy, doesn't wobble… (Nextdoor Aldridge)
• I see people looking for Christmas ornaments on here and I have a big bag full of them that I have been collecting all year long just for this purpose.
  If I see someone getting rid of them I just load them up. Its an assortment mostly balls and mostly plastic but there are a few glass ones. You will… (Nextdoor S 17th)

• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in Fort Smith. Apply here.
• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 85461, US 71 & PARK RD in Fort Smith. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Smith here.

🗞 Nearby News

Van Buren

• Joyce Ann Core (talkbusiness.net)
• Three more charged in connection with former Crawford County library board member's alleged plot to kidnap daughter (fox16.com)
• Bobby Lynn Dunn (talkbusiness.net)

Greenwood

• Rae Dee Kelley (talkbusiness.net)

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