🌱 Where Hephzibah-area residents can cool down as temps hit triple digits

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In today's newsletter:

• Where Hephzibah-area residents can cool down as temps hit triple digits
• State court ruling finalizes conviction in Hephzibah-linked 2018 killing

Today's riddle: What did the bird say when he flew over Walmart? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 93 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 93, low: 73.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 94 and low of 73 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Augusta Opens Cooling Centers as Temperatures Approach 100 Degrees (ilovebobfm.com) — With temperatures near 100 degrees, local residents can cool off for free at 11 Augusta-area centers, including the McBean Community Center on Hephzibah-McBean Road. These sites offer daytime and some evening hours, giving seniors, families, and anyone without reliable air conditioning a nearby, air‑conditioned place to stay safe from the heat.
   

• Higher court upholds Augusta man's conviction in 2018 strangling death (augustachronicle.com) — A state Supreme Court ruling has upheld the murder conviction of an Augusta man in the 2018 strangling death of a co-worker during a flooring job at a Hephzibah apartment. Justices found eyewitness testimony from a third worker was enough to support the jury’s verdict and rejected arguments about inadequate counsel and faulty jury instructions.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hephzibah

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★ Featured events ★

Friday July 3

• Anybody's Guess →
  Hephzibah Agricultural Center, 4425 Wilson Rd, Hephzibah
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday July 1

• [Senior Program] - Chair Aerobics →
  Augusta Calendar, 2463 Golden Camp Rd., Augusta
  9:00 am
• Senior Aerobics →
  Augusta Calendar, 2463 Golden Camp Rd., Augusta
  9:00 am
• Line Dancing →
  Augusta Calendar, 2463 Golden Camp Rd., Augusta
  10:00 am
• [Senior Program] - Bingo →
  Augusta Calendar, 2540 Wheeler Rd., Augusta
  10:30 am
• [Senior Program] - Words of Wisdom →
  Augusta Calendar, 1014 Eleventh Avenue, Augusta
  11:00 am
• [Senior Program] - Spiritual Reading →
  Augusta Calendar, 2463 Golden Camp Rd., Augusta
  12:00 pm
• [Senior Program] - Line Dancing →
  Augusta Calendar, 1014 Eleventh Avenue, Augusta
  12:30 pm

Thursday July 2

• [Senior Program] - Quilting →
  Augusta Calendar, 2463 Golden Camp Rd., Augusta
  10:00 am
• [Senior Program] - Bible Study →
  Augusta Calendar, 2540 Wheeler Rd., Augusta
  11:00 am
• [Senior Program] - Po-Ke-No →
  Augusta Calendar, 1014 Eleventh Avenue, Augusta
  12:30 pm
• Gracy Fitness →
  Augusta Calendar, 2463 Golden Camp Rd., Augusta
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I need to get rid of some items out my shed.
  Everything $50 each. I have a 7.5 Christmas tree, a Razor scooter,2 full-size mattress. Twin mattress and box springs.I have a kitchen table set for… (Nextdoor Sand Ridge)
• Good afternoon fellow neighbors.
  I'm in search of a "dependable and reasonable" yard man who will keep my yard cut and edged. Please inbox me with your contact information. Thank… (Nextdoor Walton Farms)

• Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Hephzibah. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Augusta. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hephzibah here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Augusta

• Free Augusta history trail is a summer bucket list for locals (augustachronicle.com)
• Peak Mosquito Season Brings Augusta Grass Masters Into Summer Pest Focus (kdhnews.com)
• Augusta Ga News: Economic Surge and Urban Renewal Redefine the City (thisiscolossal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Cheap, cheap (Thank you maryanne L. for sending it in!)
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