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🌱 Banks County Leopards vs Parkview Panthers and 10 more events
Happening soon: JCHS Varsity Softball on the Homer Patch calendar
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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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- 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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🗓 Upcoming Events in Homer
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- Banks County Leopards vs Parkview Panthers →
Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
5:30 pm
Wednesday October 7
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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 - 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 - JV Volleyball
EJHS
5:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
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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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