🌱 Patch AM: How to score free admission and cheap rides at the Cumming Fair

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In today's newsletter:

• How to score free admission and cheap rides at the Cumming Fair
• What new fitness hub is coming just south of Cumming?

Also on today's calendar: Gold Standard Band brings Motown to the Farm and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Cloudy, humid; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 86, low: 68.
• Wednesday: A stray t-storm; not as warm, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Cumming Fair opens on October 8th with FREE admission and $25 unlimited rides (atlantaonthecheap.com) — Cumming residents can start planning now for the Cumming Country Fair & Festival's 30th year, running October 8–18 at the Cumming Fairgrounds with multiple free-admission days and discounted unlimited-ride wristbands. The schedule lays out daily hours, prices, and special promotions for seniors, students, military, first responders, and families looking to save on rides and gate fees.
   

• Collection at Forsyth planning fitness-based space (appenmedia.com) — A new 40,000-square-foot, fitness-focused indoor facility is planned beside The Collection at Forsyth, just off Ga. 400 a few miles south of Cumming, expanding local recreation options. County commissioners have already approved needed variances, paving the way for more amenities that Cumming-area residents can use alongside existing shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cumming

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 23
• Hearing & Vision Screening →
  New Hope Elementary PTO, 4810 Castleberry Road, Cumming
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 21
• V Flag Football vs. Mt Pisgah - Home
  Forsyth Central High Cumming, GA 30040
  7:30 pm
Tuesday September 22
• JV/V Softball @Lambert
  Forsyth Central High Cumming, GA 30040
  4:00 pm
• JV/V Volleyball vs. Lambert - Home
  Forsyth Central High Cumming, GA 30040
  5:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Gold Standard Band brings Motown to the Farm →
  West Milford Farm, 7938 Ball Ground Rd, Cumming
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Howl-O-Weenie: Dachshund Festival →
  Brook Run Park, 4770 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody
• Cumming Farmers Market →
  Cumming Farmers Market, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, GA, 30040
  8:00 am
• Fall Garden Expo presented by Hall County Master Gardeners →
  Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center, 1855 Calvary Church Rd, Gainesville
  8:30 am
• Pumpkin Patch →
  4633 Shiloh Rd, Cumming
  11:00 am
• Howl-O-Weenie: Dachshund Festival →
  Brook Run Park, 4770 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody
  11:00 am
Monday September 28
• Celebrate Art Exhibit →
  Cumming Arts Center, 111 Pilgrim Mill Rd, Cumming
  11:00 am
Saturday October 3
• Velvet Scarf Making Class! →
  Cumming Arts Center, 111 Pilgrim Mill Rd, Cumming
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Very grateful for the volunteers that were cleaning up Lake Lanier today.
  These folks were at Mary Alice Park, which I usually walk at 5 or 6 days a week, and after the weekends, it's just abysmal. Thank you. They were… (Nextdoor Turner Rd)
• Dog, white spotted female Great Dane has run away.
  Her name is Dolly. Owners are out of town and she got scared and took off from the sitter. Owners live off AJ Land Road. If you live in the area and… (Nextdoor Legends of Settendown)

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member in Cumming. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Meat Wrapper / Sanitation in Cumming. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cumming here.

🗞 Nearby News

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Beef Tips (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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