🌱 How a Treasure Valley doctor’s final working year could cure 1,000 blind

Hello Garden City! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Treasure Valley doctor’s final working year could cure 1,000 blind

Also on today's calendar: NYE Masquerade Ball and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 59 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Mainly cloudy, showers around, temps: high: 52, low: 35.
• Saturday: Colder with partial sunshine, with a high of 40 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘Truly an amazing act': Idaho doctor donates year's salary to cure blindness (idahostatesman.com) — Garden City and Boise readers are connected to a remarkable act of local generosity: longtime ER doctor Stuart Clive is donating his entire final year’s salary to Cure Blindness Project. His gift will help complete an eye-care and teaching center in Ghana and fund more than 1,000 sight-restoring surgeries, turning his Treasure Valley shifts into life-changing care for people worldwide.
   

📸 Around Garden City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Garden City

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 31

• NYE Masquerade Ball
  The Comedy Lounge, 2417 Bank Dr, Boise
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 26

• European Holiday at Laissez Faire
  Laissez Faire Wine Co , 521 E 41st St Suite #165 , Garden City
  2:00 pm
• Country Swing Dance at The Farm
  The Farm Dance Hub and Event Center , 5137 N. Glenwood St. , Garden City
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Line Dance at The Farm
  The Farm Dance Hub and Event Center , 5137 N. Glenwood St. , Garden City
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• European Holiday at Laissez Faire
  Laissez Faire Wine Co , 521 E 41st St Suite #165 , Garden City
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Two Step Tuesdays
  The Farm , 5137 N Glenwood St. , Garden City
  7:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Country Swing Dance at The Farm
  The Farm Dance Hub and Event Center , 5137 N. Glenwood St. , Garden City
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Line Dance at The Farm
  The Farm Dance Hub and Event Center , 5137 N. Glenwood St. , Garden City
  7:00 pm

📣 Garden City Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• * Christmas Day *
  Chandlers Prime Steaks & Fine Seafood , 981 W Grove St , Boise
  2:00 pm
• Pretty Good Open Mic with Max Knudson — Comedy Boise
  Mad Swede Brew Hall , 816 W Bannock St , Boise
  8:00 pm

Friday December 26

• $3 Admission Days
  Zoo Boise , 355 Julia Davis Dr. , Boise
  3:00 am
• The Breakfast Club
  The Egyptian Theatre , 700 W Main St , Boise
  6:15 pm
• Comedy in the Cowboy Room - Fri & Sat
  Western Collective , 111 W 33rd St , Garden City
  7:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Garden City PatchAM possible:

• The Comedy Lounge — (208) 991-2296
  Boise's Full Time, Professional Comedy Club
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ACHD Offices will be closed December 24th and 25th for the Christmas holiday.
  We hope you have a safe and merry Christmas! We look forward to serving you on Friday, December 26th. (Nextdoor )

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Garden City. Apply here.
• Cardinal Group Companies posted a job opening for Porter in Boise. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garden City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Boise

• Christmas caroling brings holiday cheer to iconic Boise Depot (kivitv.com)
• Today In Your Neighborhood: Christmas Eve Dinner in Caldwell & Stress Relief for Veterans in Boise (kivitv.com)
• ICYMI: Boise Hunter Homes spent $30,000 on foothills trail, Ada Co. said to demolish it (boisedev.com)

Meridian

• 78-year-old pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Meridian (idahonews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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