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When you hear Arby’s you might hear their famous tagline, “we have the meats.” Well, now they’re going to be serving up the drinks. They’ve announced a French fry flavored vodka. They do both have potatoes in common! One of the spirits will mimic the curly fries with hints of cayenne, paprika, onion, and garlic. Supplies will be in extremely limited quantities and the release date is November 18.

Calling all VOLUNTEERS! The Dogwood Canyon Train Runs are this weekend and they need your help. If you’d like to help out while among the gorgeous fall colors of Dogwood Canyon, then consider offering your time. They need most help on Saturday. Link over to the event pages for more information.

Dogwood Canyon 15K Trail Run

Dogwood Canyon 25K & 50K Trail Runs

If you’re ready to swap out your outdoor decor, there’s a proper way to do your punkin chunkin. Lots of haybales and pumpkins are sold for decoration and can’t go into storage like many reusable items. While it’s tempting to toss them in the trash, they need to be disposed of in the yard waste bin, says The Springfield Environmental Services.

If you need to find a place to dispose of your items properly, click here for when and where to drop off your pumpkins and other organic decorations.

Will run for cookies! C’mon out for a casual, social run Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00 pm. This FREE Social Run/Walk is getting a Christmas take over! IT’s a 3 mile no drop run or a 30 minute no drop walk. Free Cookies and Hot Chocolate to share with your friends afterwards! Get the Fleet Feet Springfield Santa Run 411, ask questions, and the opportunity to check out the super cool Santa Suit you get for FREE with your Santa Run Registration.

For more details on the Santa run:
https://runsignup.com/…/Springf…/SpringfieldSantaRun2018

Time to hit up the holiday open houses! The Galloway Holiday Open House invites you to spend the evening of November 11th on Lone Pine Avenue and take part in all sorts of festivities.

Construction is officially underway on Sunshine Street. It began this morning due to weather causing delays; it was originally scheduled to start a little more than ago.

Around 6 p.m. last night crews started to resurface parts of Sunshine Street, working all the way to Glenstone Avenue.

The City of Springfield says crews will work their way East, since efforts are finally underway.

At least one lane in each direction will be open at all times, however traffic delays should be expected. Drivers are asked to be sure to add some time to their commute or reroute.

Going forward, the city says weather will have a major impact on how the project progresses. Paving can only be done when it’s warmer than 45 degrees outside. Crews also have to make sure it won’t rain the next day after milling.

Construction crews will be working night and day on the project, but mostly at night to avoid traffic issues.

The resurfacing project is expected to be finished in December.

The Missouri Job Center is hosting a healthcare hiring event TOMORROW!

The event will Tuesday, November 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Job Center’s southside location at 2900 East Sunshine Street.

“This hiring event coincides with the conclusion of our America’s Promise grant which focused on training for healthcare jobs,” said Sally Payne, Director of Workforce Development for the City of Springfield. “It’s important to provide that warm hand-off once someone completes training, however, the event is open to anyone wanting a job in healthcare.”