🌱 Where Sneads neighbors can drop peanut butter to fight hunger

Good morning Sneads! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Where Sneads neighbors can drop peanut butter to fight hunger
• What's next if Sneads' beloved football coach steps away?
• How an escaped hospital patient's trail briefly ran through Sneads

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 90 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A thunderstorm or two, temps: high: 92, low: 70.
• Saturday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spread the Word: Peanut Butter Challenge kicks off September 28 - UF/IFAS Extension Jackson County (ufl.edu) — Sneads residents can support local families facing food insecurity by dropping unopened peanut butter jars at McDaniel's Piggly Wiggly on US 90 as part of Jackson County's Peanut Butter Challenge starting September 28. Donations collected through October 31 will go to Backpacks for Kids – Jackson County and Innovative Charities of Northwest Florida, building on thousands of jars given in previous years.
   

• Sneads' Bill Thomas talks retirement after 2026 season (mypanhandle.com) — Sneads residents may soon see a major change on the sidelines, as longtime Sneads High School head football coach Bill Thomas says he's likely to retire after the 2026 season. After 13 years leading the Pirates, including a perfect 10-0 regular season in 2022, he's weighing family and business commitments while hoping the team shows strong progress this fall.
   

• Florida State Hospital patient captured, taken into custody from hotel in 'Quincy/Shiloh community' (wctv.tv) — Law enforcement say an escaped Florida State Hospital patient has been safely captured in the Quincy/Shiloh area after a search that included a reported sighting in Sneads around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies and K-9 teams tracked the 25-year-old from Chattahoochee through nearby communities before returning him to the hospital without incident.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sneads

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• True Institute at Sneads →
  Sneads High School, 8066 Old Spanish Trl, Sneads
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• LEGO Club (Ages 6 - 12) →
  Harrell Memorial Public Library, 13016 NW CR 12, Bristol
  3:00 pm
• LCSB Final Budget Hearing
  Liberty County School District Bristol, FL 32321
  5:01 pm
• 🏐 (JV) LCHS vs Blountstown (Away)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  6:00 pm
• 🏈 (JV) LCHS vs Port St Joe (HOME)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  7:00 pm
• 🏐 (Varsity) LCHS vs Blountstown (Away)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  7:00 pm
Monday September 21
• 🏐 (JV) LCHS vs Altha (Away)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  6:00 pm
• 🏈 (JV) LCHS vs Wewahitchka (AWAY)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  7:00 pm
• 🏐 (Varsity) LCHS vs Altha (Away)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• 🏐 (JV) LCHS vs Wewa (Home)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  6:00 pm
• 🏐 (Varsity) LCHS vs Wewa (Home)
  Liberty County High Bristol, FL 32321
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Every Wednesday Dawg Flight Grill (2J9) →
  Quincy Municipal Airport-2J9, 1300 Airport Dr, Quincy
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Chattahoochee. Apply here.
• Florida Jobs posted a job opening for RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST - 67069977 - SUNLAND - ALL UNITS & SHIFTS in Marianna. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sneads here.

🗞 Nearby News

Marianna

• The Magnificent Twelve: The Legacy of Florida's Black Junior Colleges (evolve2succeed.com)

Blountstown

• Amendment 3 could expand Florida's homestead exemption (wjhg.com)

Quincy

• Trulieve Post Harvest Technician I (5:00am-4:00pm) in Quincy, FL (cleveland.com)
• Something Good: Grammy Award-winning artist, Quincy native donates guitars to alma mater (wctv.tv)
• Gadsden County commissioners vote to end flock agreement (wctv.tv)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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