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🌱 How Crawfordsville ties helped launch a Hall of Fame coaching career

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What's up Crawfordsville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. β˜•οΈοΈ

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  • How Crawfordsville ties helped launch a Hall of Fame coaching career

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? πŸ€” (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 52 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Much colder, temps: high: 26, low: 24.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 46 and low of 24 degrees.

πŸ“° News we're reading

β€’ Catching Up With Coach Dave Nicholson (thepaper24-7.com) β€” A longtime local columnist fondly recalls Saturday golf rounds at Crawfordsville’s municipal course with Southmont leaders and how those ties led to Coach Dave Nicholson’s early success at New Ross and Darlington. The piece traces Nicholson’s remarkable coaching career across Indiana while highlighting the Montgomery County roots he still credits for his Hall of Fame journey.
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  • For those of you like Charlie and I who have serious bird watching/feeding addictions, Runnings is totally out of their 40# bags of black oiler sunflower seeds.
    Rural King in Lafayette had literally hundreds of bags at $22.00 each. It is a mountain of seeds. Best #1 choice of all bird feeding options. (Nextdoor Lake Holiday)
  • Red Birds are busy today on our sunset feeder with some small wood pecker also.
    Got several small wood peckers on our suet feeder now also. (Nextdoor Lake Holiday)
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Crawfordsville. Apply here.
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