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Also on today's calendar: Ribbon Cutting: Open Heaven Elderly Care and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the fallen horse say? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Pell City approves industrial park site bid (annistonstar.com) — Pell City approved a $788,960 contract to prepare a potential industry site at Cogswell Industrial Park. Local contractor Walker Excavating submitted the lowest of four bids, and a $1 million state grant will fund work intended to ready the property for development.
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2. Rocky Zion Baptist continues Wreaths Across America (annistonstar.com) — Rocky Zion Baptist Church in Pell City will hold its Wreaths Across America ceremony Dec. 19 at noon, continuing a tradition honoring African-American veterans. Navy veteran and hometown native Feliciano 'Danielle' Beavers will speak before volunteers and families place wreaths on veterans' graves across five area cemeteries.
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3. Veterans, friends, families observe Veterans Day at Col. Robert L. Howard Veterans Home (annistonstar.com) — Residents at Pell City's Col. Robert L. Howard Veterans Home could gain more accessible gardening space through this year's Rotary Club Jingle Bell Run. Announced during the home's Veterans Day observance, the Dec. 12 fundraiser at Lakeside Park will support raised planting beds and accessible herb and flower areas.
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4. Jefferson Christian Academy Basketball (nfhsnetwork.com) — Jefferson Christian Academy's varsity girls basketball schedule includes a Dec. 18 game in Pell City, listed for 5:30 p.m. Central time. The schedule also lists games in Birmingham, Irondale, Tarrant and Reform, but provides no opponent or venue for the Pell City matchup.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What did the fallen horse say?" — I can’t giddy up… (Thank you Kathy J. for sending it in!)
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