🌱 Banks County Leopards vs Parkview Panthers and 10 more events

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• Banks County Leopards vs Parkview Panthers

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 62. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Humid with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees.

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Wednesday October 7
• Banks County Leopards vs Parkview Panthers →
  Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• JCHS Varsity Softball
  Jackson County High School
  5:00 pm
• JCHS Varsity Volleyball
  Jackson County High School
  5:00 pm
• JCHS JV Volleyball
  Jackson County High School
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Softball
  EJHS
  5:30 pm
• WJMS Chorus Concert
  Jackson County High School Jefferson, GA 30549
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Stopping Violence Breakfast (Mountain Judicial Circuit) →
  Hidden Acres Wedding Barn, 6467 Old Gillsville Rd, Gillsville
  8:30 am
• JV Flag Football
  EJHS
  4:30 pm
• EJMS Football @ Oglethorpe Middle School
  East Jackson Middle School Commerce, GA 30529
  5:00 pm
• JCHS Varsity Flag Football
  Morgan County High School
  5:30 pm
• WJMS Football
  Jackson County High School
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• JV Volleyball
  EJHS
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Just helped this girl get her 2nd chance of a new life.
  She will be going to Rescue Rangers in Tennessee after vet visit Monday (Nextdoor Homer)

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Commerce. Apply here.
• TravelCenters of America posted a job opening for Porter in Commerce. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Homer here.

🗞 Nearby News

Commerce

• Georgia Wood Char Scales Waste-Wood Biochar for Global B2B Buyers (cincinnati.com)

Cornelia

• William David 'Bill' Wiley (nowgeorgia.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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