🌱 How Sakai’s 25 years in Adairsville are shaping local jobs

Good morning to you Adairsville! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Sakai’s 25 years in Adairsville are shaping local jobs
• Can Adairsville softball rebound after a heartbreaking walk-off loss?

Also on today's calendar: Art of Entertaining: Designer Symposium.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 97 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny, a t-storm; warm, temps: high: 93, low: 71.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 70 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sakai celebrates 25 years in Adairsville (daily-tribune.com) — Sakai’s manufacturing plant in Adairsville just marked 25 years of building its bright yellow road rollers locally, celebrating with safety demos, a factory tour, and a catered meal for about 70 employees. Company leaders praised the Adairsville workforce and community support, highlighted their hand-built approach, and received a state commendation recognizing Sakai’s long-term investment in Bartow County.
   

• Thursday's local high school softball action (daily-tribune.com) — Adairsville High’s softball team let a 5-1 lead slip away Thursday, falling 6-5 at Ridgeland after two late runs in the seventh inning. Despite the loss, Adairsville hitters piled up extra-base knocks, and the Tigers, now 11-6 overall, head to Coahulla Creek on Tuesday evening looking to bounce back.
   

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📸 Around Adairsville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Adairsville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3

• Great Locomotive Chase Adairsville GA 2026 →
  Downtown Historic Adairsville, 116 Public Square, Adairsville
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4

• Art of Entertaining: Designer Symposium →
  597 Barnsley Gardens Road, Adairsville

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📣 Adairsville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 5

• SOS - Nursing Home Visit →
  Georgia-Cumberland Academy Seventh-day Adventist Church, 351 Academy Dr SW, Calhoun
  2:30 pm
• Boots N Dukes Rome Ga @ Peachy →
  Peachy Pub & Grill, 325 Broad St, Rome
  10:00 pm

Sunday September 6

• 10 interculturalfest Heritage Month “Tacos Y... →
  Downtown Cartersville, GA, Cartersville
  12:00 pm
• Ladies Pizza Night →
  Georgia-Cumberland Academy Seventh-day Adventist Church, 351 Academy Dr SW, Calhoun
  4:00 pm

Tuesday September 8

• Downtown Calhoun Farmers' Market →
  Downtown City Park, Calhoun
• Golf vs. Calhoun, Red Bud, Cartersville & Adairsville
  Ashworth Middle School 581 Fields Ferry Dr NE, Calhoun, GA 30701, USA
  4:00 pm
• Football @ Model
  Ashworth Middle School 164 Barron Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161, USA
  4:30 pm
• CHS Softball vs. Murray County
  Calhoun City Schools Calhoun High School, 355 S River St, Calhoun, GA 30701, USA
  5:30 pm
• Softball @ Darlington
  Ashworth Middle School 1014 Cave Spring Rd SW, Rome, GA 30161, USA
  6:00 pm

Wednesday September 9

• Stretchband Workout With Nancy →
  Calhoun-Gordon County Public Library, 100 N Park Avenue, Calhoun
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Reposting…
  Found: this small dog wandering up and down Johnson Road off Mason Road. Tomorrow, we will need to take it to the shelter. Please help find its home! (Nextdoor Union Grove)

• STOW Group posted a job opening for Beamline Welding Machine Operator 2nd shift - Robot Rework in Adairsville. Apply here.
• UFP Industries posted a job opening for assembler I in Adairsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Adairsville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Calhoun

• Hot again today with afternoon, pop-up storms (atlantanewsfirst.com)
• Volleyball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Thomasville (maxpreps.com)
• Jupiter Topco LLC Takes $2.81 Million Position in Mohawk Industries, Inc. $MHK (marketbeat.com)

Cartersville

• Savoy Automobile Museum's 'The Connection' Car Show Returns September 12 With 350 Show Cars (motorious.com)
• Georgia fugitive jumps into lake to evade arrest, found hiding in Alabama swamp (wsbtv.com)
• Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 3, 2026 (wildhunt.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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