🌱 What Selma’s new $21.26M budget changes for city services

Hi there, Selma! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Selma's new $21.26M budget changes for city services
• How a Selma cleaner's owner is paying students' tuition forward

Also on today's calendar: ALL CLASS REUNION AFTER PARTY and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 93 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 70.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Selma City Council approves $21.26M budget (selmatimesjournal.com) — Selma's City Council has approved a $21.26 million general fund budget for the 2027 fiscal year, aiming to start with a small surplus instead of a deficit. The plan trims most departments by 2%, shifts police overtime, eliminates the animal shelter line, and boosts funding for sewer maintenance and other key public works needs.
   

• Selma business owner makes donation to Selma University (waka.com) — Selma readers will be glad to know longtime local businessman and Selma University alumnus Willie Smiley has donated $12,000 to help current Selma-U students cover tuition, housing, and meals. University president Dr. Stanford Angion says the gift, and Smiley's example of giving back, could inspire more hometown support for business education and entrepreneurship in Selma.
   

📸 Around Selma

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Selma

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 16
• Blackbelt – Beef and Forage Field Day →
  Blackbelt Research & Extension Center, 60 Co Rd 944, Marion Junction
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Southern Academy at Morgan Academy →
  Morgan Academy, 2901 W Dallas Ave, Selma
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Friends of Olivia Horsepower for Hope Car Show →
  Selma AL
  8:00 am
Thursday October 15
• TaleTellin →
  3 Church St, Selma
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• ALL CLASS REUNION AFTER PARTY →
  YNOT Entertainment Center, 2940 Co Rd 27, Selma
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• The NewSouth Bookstore's Fourth Annual Sidewalk Sale! →
  The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court St, Montgomery
  10:00 am
• Judith Resnik visits for a talk about her magisterial new book, Impermissible Punishments →
  The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court St, Montgomery
  4:00 pm
• Art Gone Wild and Alabama Wildlife Fine Arts Competition Reception →
  The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka
  5:00 pm
• Montgomery County Republican Party 2026 Lincoln Reagan Dinner →
  Wynlakes Golf & Country Club, 7900 Wynlakes Boulevard, Montgomery
  5:30 pm
• The Addams Family Musical 10/1 →
  Millbrook Theatre, 5720 Main St, Millbrook
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• South Feeder Pattern E-Day - BC Homecoming
  Bibb County West Blocton, AL 35184
• United Way Clay Shoot →
  Soggy Bottom Lodge, 18618 U.S. 43, Linden
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Make your weekday breakfast or weekend brunch extra special with some added fruit!
  Add mashed banana, grated apple, or frozen berries to pancake batter for added flavor and nutrition. (Nextdoor )
• National Women's Health and Fitness Day is September 30.
  Bring on the strength and power! It's all about fueling yourself to feel your best, especially when moving your body. Find fitness tips, answers to… (Nextdoor )

• Alamo Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Custodian/Janitor in Selma. Apply here.
• International Paper, Inc. posted a job opening for Fire Medic in Selma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Selma here.

🗞 Nearby News

Marion

• Marion Military Institute provides military service academy pipeline (waka.com)

Clanton

• UWCA kicks off new Chilton campaign, highlights 14 Community... (clantonadvertiser.com)
• Forecast Continues For Periods Of Heavy Rain This Weekend (alabama.gov)

Greensboro

• Hale County Animal Shelter asks for adoption sponsors, a home for Sloan (greensborowatchman.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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