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🌱 Patch AM: How Dacula-based trucking firms ended up in a $105 million scheme
Spotted on the Dacula calendar: Taste of BBQ Festival
Hi there, Dacula! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Dacula-based trucking firms ended up in a $105 million scheme
Also on today's calendar: Taste of BBQ Festival and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 66 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 86, low: 68. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Businessman allegedly bilked trucking investors of $105.9M (truckingdive.com) — Two trucking companies based in Dacula are at the center of federal allegations that Nevada businessman Kristopher Lunsford ran a massive Ponzi scheme, drawing in hundreds of investors nationwide. Prosecutors say the Dacula-linked firms promised unusually high returns on truck leases while most funds allegedly went to earlier investors and personal use; Lunsford remains presumed innocent unless proven guilty. 
📸 Around Dacula
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dacula
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★ Featured events ★
- Taste of BBQ Festival →
5039 W Broad St NE, Sugar Hill
10:00 am
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- V Softball vs. Buford
Dacula High Softball Complex, 45 Hebron Church Rd, Dacula
6:00 pm - V Football vs. Discovery
Dacula High School, 123 Broad St, Dacula
7:30 pm - Haunted 5K, 10K, 13.1M at Dacula , GA (40) →
Dacula GA - Haunted 5K, 10K, 13.1M at Dacula, GA (40) →
Dacula GA - Haunted 5K, 10K, 13.1M at Dacula →
Dacula GA
8:00 am - V Softball @ Seckinger
Seckinger High School, 3655 Sardis Church Rd, Buford
6:00 pm - V Softball vs. GAC
Dacula High Softball Complex, 45 Hebron Church Rd, Dacula
5:30 pm - V Softball vs. Commerce HS
Dacula High Softball Complex, 45 Hebron Church Rd, Dacula
5:30 pm - JV Football vs. Duluth
Dacula High School, 123 Broad St, Dacula
6:00 pm - V Football vs. Buford
Dacula High School, 123 Broad St, Dacula
7:30 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
📣 Dacula Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Network Barrow
The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce, 6 Porter Street, Winder
9:00 am - Open House & Fort Tours
Fort Yargo State Park, 210 South Broad Street, Winder
9:00 am
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking for someone to come by and break loose 2 blade bolts on my 54" Bad Boy zero turn.
I have tried a breaker bar, battery impact, pneumatic impact and heat. One came out fairly easily, but the other 2 have me beat. Just need them… (Nextdoor Masters Rd) - I noticed a new "feature" in my Nextdoor stream this morning - they're inserting group posts into your feed with a JOIN GROUP button at the top of the post.
Thanks but no thanks. I hit the [...] and chose NOT INTERESTED. (Nextdoor Harbors Landing)
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Late Night Team Member in Dacula. Apply here.
- Gold's Gym International, Inc. posted a job opening for Housekeeping in Dacula. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dacula here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lawrenceville
- Lawrenceville Couple Achieving Shared Dream of Opening Restaurant (businessdebut.com)
- STRecruiting: 2027 defensive lineman coming to South Carolina Saturday for his first-ever meeting with the Gamecocks (sportstalksc.com)
- Gwinnett's ARTober celebrates its 10th anniversary (roughdraftatlanta.com)
Grayson
- Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole honored at Grayson Stadium (wjcl.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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