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🌱 How Fort Valley-built buses transformed an oil country school district
Fort Valley, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Fort Valley! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Fort Valley-built buses transformed an oil country school district
Also on today's calendar: Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 77 and low of 62 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 77, low: 58.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 88 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• How Utah's Oil Country Ended Up With A Fleet Of Electric School Buses (thebusinessdownload.com) — Electric school buses built in Fort Valley by Blue Bird are powering daily routes in Utah’s oil and gas country, where a district swapped out older diesel models using federal and state grants. The story details how the buses cut fuel costs and emissions, why drivers like them, and how Utah’s funding programs could inspire similar clean-fleet decisions elsewhere. 
📸 Around Fort Valley
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Fort Valley City Council Regular Meeting →
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Thursday October 15
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Other local events
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Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley →
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A10TION FOUNDATION 4th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness 5K Run/Walk & Health and Wellness Fair →
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The Heart and Sole 5K →
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Mummies & Mules Halloween Festival →
1487 Vinson Road, Fort Valley
4:00 pm -
FVSU HOMECOMING KICKOFF →
607 Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Fort Valley
9:30 pm -
FVSU Alumni Homecoming DAY2NIGHT Party 2026 →
FVSU Agricultural Technology Conference Center, 46 Camp John Hope Road, Fort Valley
4:00 pm -
Fattmack performing live (Step Show AFTERPARTY) →
700 Spruce St, Fort Valley
9:30 pm -
Peach County Last Chance →
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Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
Monday October 19
Friday October 23
Saturday October 24
📣 Fort Valley Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Daniel Tosh →
Macon Coliseum, 200 Coliseum Dr, Macon
7:00 pm -
A Masquerade Tea at Bella Rosa →
Bella Rosa circa 1910, 85 Lakeview Road, Byron -
Boy Scout Road Nursery Workday →
Boy Scout Road Nursery, 1494 Boy Scout Rd., Byron
9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hello I am in desperate need...
Fort Valley code enforcement just left my house and said my grass has to be cut by Saturday morning or they are going to ticket me...I don't have a… (Nextdoor Forest Valley)
- HES Facilities Management posted a job opening for Carpenter in Fort Valley. Apply here.
- Fort Valley State University posted a job opening for Workday Financial Analyst — Temporary Limited Term in Fort Valley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Valley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Byron
- How to Choose the Right Car for Your Ontario Road Test (wordpress.com)
Warner Robins
- New Mexican fusion restaurant coming to Middle Georgia in Warner Robins (hhjonline.com)
- Filipino American History month recognized at Warner Robins council meeting (hhjonline.com)
- WRPD hires first victim advocate (41nbc.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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