🌱 How Randolph-Clay’s perfect start is lifting spirits across Cuthbert

Cheers Cuthbert! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Randolph-Clay's perfect start is lifting spirits across Cuthbert
• Cuthbert-born Franklin Griffin remembered for service, business, and family devotion

Also on today's calendar: Calhoun County at Randolph-Clay and 1 more event.

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Some sun, then clouds; warm, temps: high: 88, low: 68.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Randolph-Clay has first winning season since 2016 (wtvm.com) — Randolph-Clay High's football team in Cuthbert is undefeated at 5-0, securing its first winning season since 2016 and giving local fans plenty to cheer about. Players and coaches credit a stronger sense of brotherhood and are dedicating this special year to head coach Charles Truitt, who is persevering through the loss of his two sons.
   

• Franklin 'Frank' Dempsey Griffin (theblacksheartimes.com) — A native son of Cuthbert, Franklin "Frank" Dempsey Griffin, has passed away at 82 after a brief illness, leaving a large extended family. Though he later settled in Hortense, he carried his Cuthbert roots into military service, business ownership, and a life centered on faith, family, and grandchildren.
   

📸 Around Cuthbert

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cuthbert

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8
• Randolph County Chamber of Commerce →
  Turner Dining Hall, 416 College St, Cuthbert
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Calhoun County at Randolph-Clay →
  Cuthbert GA
  5:30 pm
• Calhoun County vs Randolph-Clay →
  Randolph-Clay, 3451 GA Hwy 266, Cuthbert
  5:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Cuthbert Rotary Club Meeting →
  Turner Dining Hall, 416 College St, Cuthbert
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• 🥎ECHS Softball vs Seminole County
  Early County High School BLAKELY, GA 39823
  5:00 pm
• 🏈ECHS JV Football vs Bainbridge
  Early County High School BLAKELY, GA 39823
  5:00 pm
• 🏐ECHS Volleyball vs Kendrick
  Early County High School BLAKELY, GA 39823
  5:30 pm
• MS Football vs Baconton
  Pataula Charter Academy EDISON, GA 39846
  5:30 pm
• ALCA Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Byne Christian →
  Byne Christian School, 2832 Ledo Rd, Albany
  6:00 pm
• 🏐Volleyball @ Home, Kendrick vs Westover
  Early County High School BLAKELY, GA 39823
  6:30 pm
• 🏐ECHS Volleyball vs Westover
  Early County High School BLAKELY, GA 39823
  7:30 pm
Friday October 2
• Fridays On the Flint →
  Albany Civic Center, 100 W Oglethorpe Blvd, Albany
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Cuthbert. Apply here.
• Tyson Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Electrician Maintenance - 1st Shift (Days) - RVI Cuthbert, GA in Cuthbert. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cuthbert here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lumpkin

• Athens religious organizations to host Resisting Detention Centers workshop (redandblack.com)
• Softball Power Rankings: October (Powered by Porter Insulation) (blitzsportsga.com)
• UNG's Second Annual Hunger and Homelessness Week: What It Is and What Students Can Do (ungvanguard.org)

Dawson

• Clutch hitting leads to Softball POW awards for three (blitzsportsga.com)

Plains

• 'Jimmy wouldn't want that to end': Annual concert honors Jimmy Carter's legacy ahead of 102nd birthday (walb.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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