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🌱 How an Anniston author is turning miscarriage grief into local support

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Good morning Anniston! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How an Anniston author is turning miscarriage grief into local support
  • How Anniston’s Twilight meet set up Cold Springs’ title push

Also on today's calendar: Calhoun County XC Championship and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has hands but isn’t able to clap? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 42.
  • Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Anniston author raises pregnancy and infant loss awareness (annistonstar.com) — An Anniston author who has lived in the city for nearly three decades is using Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month to support local families coping with miscarriage and infant loss. Through her memoir, campus programs, and speaking engagements, she encourages counseling, faith-based support, and open conversations about grief, including how fathers experience loss, while partnering with area institutions like Talladega College.
   

• PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Cold Springs seeks to extend county title streaks Tuesday (cullmantribune.com) — Cold Springs’ cross country teams head into the Cullman County Championship after a strong showing at the Valley Cub Twilight Under the Lights meet in Anniston, where their girls dominated the field. Tuesday’s county races in Bremen will feature familiar rivals from across Cullman County, with returning champions and contenders tuning up for upcoming sectional competition later this month.
   

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    Oxford Performing Arts Center, 100 Choccolocco St #200, Oxford
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • It's a great day to be alive the sun is shining and it's beautiful outside.
    It was nice to have some cooler temperatures over the weekend; hope you all have a blessed and safe Monday! (Nextdoor Tyler Park / Hillyer High)
  • If anyone sees our dog, Annie, she is missing.
    She has been gone since this morning at around 8:45 or 9:00. She does not bite, but is usually a llittle skiddish of strangers. If you spot her,… (Nextdoor Autumn Cove)
  • Chick-fil-A posted a job opening for Back of House Team Member in Anniston. Apply here.
  • Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Anniston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Anniston here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oxford

  • Bucs' Mims named to the Jerry Rice Award midseason watch list (wjhl.com)
  • Emily Ann Roberts To Kick Off ‘The Thread Tour' In February (musicrow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has hands but isn’t able to clap?" — A clock! (Thank you Lois R. for sending it in!)
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