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🌱 Nero Simon and The Sunsetters and 10 more events
Coming up on the Fairmount Patch calendar: Girl Scouts on the Trail of Tears
Morning Fairmount! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Girl Scouts on the Trail of Tears
- Nero Simon and The Sunsetters
- Your State Parks Day
... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Decreasing clouds, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Turning sunny and warm, temps: high: 90, low: 69.
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.
📸 Around Fairmount
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairmount
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★ Featured events ★
- Girl Scouts on the Trail of Tears →
New Echota State Historic Site, 1211 GA-225, Calhoun
10:00 am
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Nero Simon and The Sunsetters →
Gem Theatre, 114 N Wall St, Calhoun
7:30 pm - Your State Parks Day →
New Echota State Historic Site, 1211 GA-225, Calhoun
10:00 am - Michael O'Brien →
Gem Theatre, 114 N Wall St, Calhoun
7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
Saturday September 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- HCES - Help a Child Smile
Hill City Elementary School , 600 Hill Cir, Jasper, GA 30143, U
8:00 am - Called Board Work Session
Pickens County Board of Education, 100 D. B. Carrol St, Jasper
3:30 pm - Golf vs. Calhoun, Red Bud, Cartersville & Adairsville
Ashworth Middle School 581 Fields Ferry Dr NE, Calhoun, GA 30701, USA
4:00 pm - PJHS XC North Ga Middle School Championship
Pickens County Clear Creek Middle School, 346 Clear Creek School Drive, Ellijay
4:00 pm - PJHS Volleyball vs Lumpkin
Pickens County Pickens Junior High School, 1802 Refuge Rd, Jasper, GA 30143
4:30 pm - Football @ Model
Ashworth Middle School 164 Barron Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161, USA
4:30 pm - PJHS Volleyball vs Lumpkin @ PJHS
Pickens County Jasper, GA 30143
4:30 pm - JV/V Volleyball Union/Rabun Gap @Union
Pickens County PCSD Athletics
5:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Reinhardt University posted a job opening for Executive Administrative Assistant for the Provost's Office in Waleska. Apply here.
- Qualified Staffing Search Group posted a job opening for Dispatch Logistics Coordinator in Adairsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairmount here.
🗞 Nearby News
Adairsville
- Mountaineers dig early hole (daily-tribune.com)
- Buc-ee's Is Expanding Into 12 New States (Is Yours One?) (financebuzz.com)
Calhoun
- Volleyball Recap: Thomasville Beats Calhoun County for Their Fourth Straight Victory (maxpreps.com)
- Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Makes New $1.73 Million Investment in Mohawk Industries, Inc. $MHK (marketbeat.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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