🌱 How one coach quietly transformed Desert Canyon for Mountain Home golfers

Hello Mountain Home! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How one coach quietly transformed Desert Canyon for Mountain Home golfers
• How global conflict is suddenly squeezing Mountain Home farmers’ bottom lines

Also on today's calendar: Angelo Colina @ The Comedy Lounge (En Español ) and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 54 and low of 30 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 66, low: 36.
• Sunday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 74 and low of 42 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• From Simulators to Cart Repairs, TJ Gomez's Mark on Desert Canyon Endu... (mountainhomenews.com) — Mountain Home golfers are saying goodbye to longtime Desert Canyon instructor and pro shop leader TJ Gomez, whose simulators, cart repairs, and personal investments reshaped the local course. As he moves to Payette, his indoor golf academy, upgraded carts, and years of coaching remain central to how residents experience the game and gather at the course, even during community events like the Fourth of July fireworks.
   

• War with Iran drives up fuel and fertilizer costs for Treasure Valley farmers (kivitv.com) — Rising diesel and fertilizer prices tied to the war with Iran are squeezing Quey’s Farm and other growers in Mountain Home, driving up the cost of planting and deliveries this spring. An agricultural economist warns that continued disruptions could further raise local production and transportation costs, which may eventually show up in higher prices for Idaho shoppers.
   

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📸 Around Mountain Home

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountain Home

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday April 19

• Angelo Colina @ The Comedy Lounge (En Español )
  The Comedy Lounge, 2417 Bank Dr, Boise
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday April 21

• Mountain Home Tigers vs Meridian Senior Warriors
  Mountain Home High School , 300 S 11th E , Mountain Home
  3:00 pm

Friday May 8

• Glow Scramble
  Silver Sage Golf Course , 435 1st Ave , Mountain Home AFB
  1:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• Do Lollies: Community Jam Session
  Blue Spruce Espresso , 290 N Main St , Mountain Home
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Puppet Show: Peter Rabbit
  Garden City Public Library , 6015 N Glenwood St , Garden City
  11:00 am
• Boise State University Theatre Arts - A Charlie Brown Christmas
  Morrison Center , 2201 W Cesar Chavez Ln , Boise
  1:30 pm
• Typhoid Mary
  Boise Little Theater , 100 E Fort St , Boise
  1:30 pm
• MASH (Meridian After School Hangout)
  Meridian District Library , 2235 8th St NW , Meridian
  3:15 pm
• Food Truck Fridays at Barbarian
  Barbarian Brewing- Garden City , 114 E 32nd St , Garden City
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Softball Vs Owyhee 4:00
  Owyhee High School , 3650 N Owyhee Storm Ave , Meridian
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Softball @ Owyhee 4:00
  Owyhee High School , 3650 N Owyhee Storm Ave , Meridian
  4:00 pm
• Pokémon Club
  Meridian District Library , 1375 E Phenomenal Street , Meridian
  4:30 pm
• Hagerman Farmers Market
  Hagerman RV Village , 18049 US-30 , Hagerman
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Auto Ranch Group posted a job opening for Automotive Technician in Mountain Home. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Mountain Home. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountain Home here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Boise

• Love Your Neighborhood: Zoo Boise, where humans and animals come together over conservation (kivitv.com)
• Boise looks to (shorter) future plan for campus development (boisedev.com)
• Boise Mayor Honors Students at Annual Mayors' Awards To Youth (cityofboise.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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