🌱 Where does Commerce football land in this week’s regional rankings?

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• Where does Commerce football land in this week’s regional rankings?

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Mostly sunny, warm and humid, temps: high: 92, low: 71.
• Tuesday: Sunshine, very warm and humid, with a high of 94 and low of 72 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Football Power Rankings: Week Two (Powered by Porter Insulation) (blitzsportsga.com) — Commerce High’s football team is sitting near the top of new regional power rankings after Week Two, alongside familiar rivals like Jefferson, Franklin County, and Banks County. The subscriber-only list, sponsored by a local business, tracks early-season records and movement for Commerce and other Northeast Georgia programs as the 2026 season starts to take shape.
   

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📸 Around Commerce

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Commerce

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Monday August 31

• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School Buford
  4:30 pm
• EJMS Softball @ Banks County Middel School
  East Jackson Middle School Commerce, GA 30529
  5:00 pm
• EJMS Softball @ Banks County Middle School
  East Jackson Middle School Commerce, GA 30529
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Softball
  East Jackson Comprehensive High School EJHS
  5:30 pm
• JCHS Varsity Softball
  Jackson County High School Buford High School
  6:30 pm

Tuesday September 1

• FCA (4th & 5th)
  Gum Springs Elementary School Jefferson, GA 30549
  6:40 am
• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School Mountain View
  4:30 pm
• Fall Parent Night
  East Jackson Middle School Commerce, GA 30529
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31

• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School Buford
  4:30 pm
• EJMS Softball @ Banks County Middle School
  East Jackson Middle School Commerce, GA 30529
  5:00 pm
• EJMS Softball @ Banks County Middel School
  East Jackson Middle School Commerce, GA 30529
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Softball
  East Jackson Comprehensive High School EJHS
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wonder rescue place.
  Took baby squirrel I found injured and it survived due to their care. (Nextdoor Commerce)
• If anyone sees this dog.
  His name is Donald . He doesn’t bite. Call me 706-355-5576 Natalie. (Nextdoor Commerce)

• Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for CNC Machinist in Commerce. Apply here.
• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Restaurant Team Member Part Time in Commerce. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Commerce here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Jefferson

• The Tracker Wasn't on Her Car: The AI Surveillance Network Watching America (washingtonstand.com)

Athens

• Athens food bank gets massive donation from Latter-day Saints (onlineathens.com)
• Athens News Matters: August 29th, 2026 (wuga.org)
• Athens hosts GMA's 2026 Mayor's Leadership Academy (wuga.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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