🌱 Sunset Hike to Mound A and 11 more events

Good day Fort Gaines! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 55 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 84, low: 60.
• Sunday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.

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📸 Around Fort Gaines

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Sunset Hike to Mound A
  Kolomoki Mounds State Park , 205 Indian Mounds Road , Blakely
  7:30 am
• Southwest Georgia Warriors vs Southland Raiders
  Southwest Georgia Academy , 14105 GA-200 , Damascus
  4:00 pm
• Andrew College Theatre's Murder in the Square 2026
  Magnolia Alley , 80 Peachtree St , Cuthbert
  6:30 pm
• Baconton Charter Varsity Baseball @ Early County
  12020 Columbia St , Blakely
  9:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Native Plant Sale : Georgia Native Plant Society
  Kolomoki Mounds State Park , 205 Indian Mounds Road , Blakely
  10:00 am

Tuesday April 21

• Cuthbert Rotary Club Meeting
  Turner Dining Hall , 413 College St , Cuthbert
  12:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Littles First Earth Day: Monumental Moments
  Kolomoki Mounds State Park , 205 Indian Mounds Road , Blakely
  9:30 am

Saturday April 25

• Daily Life Skills and Tools of the Kolomoki
  Kolomoki Mounds State Park , 205 Indian Mounds Road , Blakely
  9:30 am
• Kolomoki Crafts
  Kolomoki Mounds State Park , 205 Indian Mounds Road , Blakely
  2:00 pm
• Kolomoki Campfires
  Kolomoki Mounds State Park , 205 Indian Mounds Road , Blakely
  5:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Randolph County Chamber of Commerce
  Turner Dining Hall , 413 College St , Cuthbert
  11:30 am

Friday June 12

• Civil Rights: Portrait of a Local Champion, Lonnie C. King, Jr.
  Calhoun County Library , 19379 Hartford St E , Edison
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Blakely. Apply here.
• TradeJobsWorkforce posted a job opening for USPS Mail Clerk in Arlington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Gaines here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Lumpkin

• Metro Atlanta's expansion continues to push north (fox5atlanta.com)

Colquitt

• It's Time to Duck, Dodge, Dive … and Donate! (southgatv.com)
• Brookwood students inducted into National Honor Society (moultrieobserver.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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