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🌱 Ambassadors Committee Meeting and 10 more events
And check out Legacy and Groove - A Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire on the Fairmount Patch calendar
Good morning to you Fairmount! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Legacy and Groove - A Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire
- Ambassadors Committee Meeting at Gordon County Chamber-Commerce
Today's riddle: Where is the worst place to hide in a hospital ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 99, low: 73.
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 98 and low of 72 degrees.
📸 Around Fairmount
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairmount
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★ Featured events ★
- Legacy and Groove - A Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire →
Gem Theatre, 114 N Wall St, Calhoun
7:30 pm
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- Ambassadors Committee Meeting →
Gordon County Chamber-Commerce, 300 S Wall St Ste 8, Calhoun
12:00 pm
Thursday September 10
📣 Fairmount Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- CES DRC Beacon Fall- Math
Calhoun City Schools Calhoun, GA 30701
8:00 am - JV/V Volleyball vs Woodland/Paulding@ Woodland
Pickens County PCSD Athletics
5:00 pm - PJHS Volleyball vs N Whitefield @ PJHS
Pickens County Jasper, GA 30143
5:00 pm - Called Board Meeting
Pickens County Board of Education, 100 D.B. Carroll Street, Jasp
5:00 pm - CHS Softball @ Heritage
Calhoun City Schools Calhoun, GA 30701
5:30 pm - PCBOE Meeting
Pickens County Harmony Elementary School-HES Web
6:00 pm - PCS School Board Meeting
Pickens County PJHS Web, Pickens Junior High School-PJHS Web
6:00 pm - Regular Board Meeting
Pickens County Board of Education / Board Meeting Room
6:00 pm - CHS Football vs. Cass (Scrimmage)
Calhoun City Schools Calhoun, GA 30701
7:00 pm - Wine Tastings →
Fainting Goat Vineyards, 201 Vineyard Wy, Jasper
5:30 pm
Thursday August 13
Friday August 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ok speedX did it again if you have my package please contact me and I will come get it in the morning.photo of the delivery item on some one's porch of some thing like that it not expenses but I do want the item . The name on the package is Donna
Bearden on Yarborough Mill Rd SE, Fairmount, ga 30139 (Nextdoor Sonoraville)
- Buc-ee's posted a job opening for Grocery Associate in Calhoun. Apply here.
- Staffmark posted a job opening for Forklift Operator in Calhoun. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairmount here.
🗞 Nearby News
Adairsville
- Charges filed in fatal wreck (daily-tribune.com)
- CFL Granted Continuation of First SPC Patent (floordaily.net)
- LX Hausys Honored in Readers' Choice Awards for Kitchen and Bath Products (stoneworld.com)
Calhoun
- Calhoun Man Arrested on Child Molestation Charges After Deputies Respond to Cash Community Home (fetchyournews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In the ICU (Thank you Donna M. for sending it in!)
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