🌱 How LaFayette library fines can become meals for local families

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In today's newsletter:

• How LaFayette library fines can become meals for local families

Also on today's calendar: Sheep Shearing.

Today's riddle: There was a pink man who lived in a one story pink house. Everything he had was pink. What color were the stairs? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Periods of sun, with a high of 71 and low of 65 degrees.
• Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 69, low: 57.
• Thursday: A morning shower in places, with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Walker, Dade libraries offer food donations in exchange for fines (tncontentexchange.com) — LaFayette residents can clear up to $20 in overdue library fines by donating nonperishable food at the LaFayette-Walker County Library between Nov. 2 and Nov. 25. Your donations will go directly to The Care Mission, helping local families stock their pantries as the holidays approach, and even patrons without fines are encouraged to participate.
   

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📸 Around LaFayette

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🗓 Upcoming Events in LaFayette

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 7

• Boxcar Pinion Forever Bluegrass Festival →
  Boxcar Pinion Memorial Bluegrass Festival, 994 Dougherty Gap Rd, Chickamauga
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday November 28

• Sheep Shearing →
  Lafayette GA

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday November 3

• CRMA Golf Classic at McLemore →
  McLemore Resort, 32 Clubhouse Lane, Rising Fawn
  12:00 pm

Wednesday November 4

• Theater - GHSA Region One Act
  Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
• Festival of Flags →
  Ringgold, Ringgold

Thursday November 5

• Showcase Catoosa Business Expo 2026 →
  Ringgold GA
• Dalton's Holiday Open House →
  Dalton GA
• Meet the Army event (outside)
  Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
• Witness: Sound and Body An Evening of Sound, Movement & Embodied Art →
  109 Gallery, 109 Gordon Street, Chickamauga
  12:00 pm
• FFA Generals Grown Spirit Night @ Moe's Fort O
  Moe's Southwest Grill, 73 Parkway Dr, Fort Oglethorpe
  5:00 pm
• Forsaken Lab Haunted Attraction →
  britebox Fun lab, 1444 Tunnel Hill Varnell Rd NW, Dalton
  7:00 pm

Friday November 6

• Edgar Loudermilk Band at Forever Bluegrass Fall Festival →
  Forever Bluegrass Fall Festival, Chickamauga

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Big Lots posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Fort Oglethorpe. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Summerville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near LaFayette here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Trion

• Trion Lady Bulldogs Capture Class A State Softball Championship (coosavalleynews.com)

Chickamauga

• Lytle family legacy includes this respected Civil War general and poet (dispatch.com)
• Morgan County three-peats, Woodward Academy and Lovett defend volleyball titles (ajc.com)

Lookout Mountain

• Eight Covenant Men Named To Post Season Soccer Awards (chattanoogan.com)
• GNTC's Dr. Heidi Popham selected as one of Georgia Trend's 500 Most Influential Leaders for 2026 (coosavalleynews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "There was a pink man who lived in a one story pink house. Everything he had was pink. What color were the stairs?" — There were no stairs. (Thank you Ro B. for sending it in!)
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