🌱 Hamilton community remembers horse lover Billie Ann Ford Baird

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In today's newsletter:

• Hamilton community remembers horse lover Billie Ann Ford Baird

Also on today's calendar: Qigong with Kirk: Going Deep to Nourish Your Kidneys and Bones — open-ended community arts studio and 3 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 53 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with showers, temps: high: 54, low: 29.
• Saturday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 49 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Billie Ann Baird (bitterrootstar.com) — Longtime Bitterroot Valley resident Billie Ann Ford Baird, a devoted horse lover who spent many years on a small ranch near Hamilton and later living in town, has passed away at age 105. Her life spanned from Cincinnati to summers in Darby and decades in Hamilton, where she and her husband cherished local restaurants and valley landscapes before her final years in Oregon.
   

📸 Around Hamilton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hamilton

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Prenatal Yoga — Rooted Pelvic Health and Yoga
  Rooted Pelvic Health and Yoga, 811 S 1st St, Hamilton
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Qigong with Kirk: Going Deep to Nourish Your Kidneys and Bones — open-ended community arts studio
  open-ended - Expressive Arts Studio , 201 Daly Ave , Hamilton
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Hamilton Farmers Market Cooperative
  Hamilton Farmers Market Cooperative , 205 Bedford St , Hamilton
  9:00 am
• 3D Ornaments
  Ravalli County Museum & Historical Society , 205 Bedford St , Hamilton
  10:00 am
• Hamilton Culture Crawl
  Hamilton Downtown Association , 217 W Main St Unit 5 , Hamilton
  11:00 am

Saturday December 27

• Hamilton Farmers Market Cooperative
  Hamilton Farmers Market Cooperative , 205 Bedford St , Hamilton
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• WR @ Dillon
  Hamilton K-12 Schools Hamilton, MT 59840
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• The Giveaway
  Ravalli County Fair Ground , 100 Old Corvallis Rd , Hamilton
  9:00 am
• Culture Crawl in Downtown Hamilton
  Hamilton Downtown Association , 217 W Main St Unit 5 , Hamilton
  11:00 am
• Missoula Symphony Holiday Concert
  Victor Public School , 425 4th Ave , Victor
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• In Store Painting
  780 Old Corvallis Rd , Corvallis
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Where can we find the best fish and chips in the valley?
  Someone mentioned Victor, but we can't find a restaurant that has them. (Nextdoor Hamilton City)
• does anyone know of any job openings?
  maybe anything involving animals, i’m really interested in working with them (Nextdoor Hamilton City)

• Calhoun Intermediate School District posted a job opening for MS Track Coach-Assistant (Boys) in Hamilton. Apply here.
• Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Crew Member in Hamilton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hamilton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Corvallis

• Corvallis's Schlimgen is Coach of the Year (bitterrootstar.com)
• We are pawns (bitterrootstar.com)
• Letter to the editor: The job of a Montana legislator — and why Kathy Love flunked it (kulr8.com)

Lolo

• Cabinet Mountains Wilderness: A maritime climate in Montana (missoulian.com)
• Anaconda's Rose Nyman: 'Life isn't a popularity contest' (missoulian.com)
• Drum Coffee founders to transfer ownership, close South Avenue location (missoulian.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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