🌱 Meet the globe-trotting executive who came home as “The Horseshoe Man”
Carmichaels, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Carmichaels! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
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- Meet the globe-trotting executive who came home as “The Horseshoe Man”
- See which regional stars with Carmichaels ties entered the Hall of Fame
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 83, low: 61.
- Sunday: Turning cloudy with a t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘The Horseshoe Man' (observer-reporter.com) — A familiar figure in downtown Carmichaels, John “The Horseshoe Man” Clarchick now spends sunny days welding discarded horseshoes into colorful art outside his family’s longtime building. The Carmichaels native reflects on growing up in “Old Town,” his globe-trotting corporate career, and why he’s returned to work remotely and create art in the shrinking but still tight-knit community he calls home. 
• Washington-Greene Hall of Fame inductees (observer-reporter.com) — Local sports fans may recognize Carmichaels-linked football standout John Menhart among the newest inductees to the Washington-Greene County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. The Class of 2026 spans athletes, coaches, and officials from schools across the region, honoring decades of football, wrestling, track, and more.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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