🌱 XC Meet- Bainbridge and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 91, low: 70.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 71 degrees.

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📸 Around Lumpkin

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 12

• XC Meet- Bainbridge
  Pataula Charter Academy EDISON, GA 39846
  8:00 am
• Girl Scouts Love State Parks Day: Symphony of the... →
  F.D. Roosevelt State Park, 2970 GA-190, Pine Mountain
  9:30 am
• Girl Scouts Love State Parks Day: Symphony of the Forest: A Historical Journey →
  F.D. Roosevelt State Park, 2970 GA-190, Pine Mountain
  9:30 am
• Market Days on Broadway →
  Broadway, Columbus
  10:00 am
• House Manners Group Training | Columbus, GA →
  2085 Phillips St, Columbus
  10:00 am
• Saturday Teen Volunteering →
  7511 Georgia Highway 116, Hamilton
  10:00 am
• Perler Bead Earrings →
  7511 Georgia Highway 116, Hamilton
  11:00 am
• Lego Free Play →
  7511 Georgia Highway 116, Hamilton
  12:00 pm
• Thunder at the Theater- Fight Night →
  The J. Lane Theater, 313 Pine Ave, Albany
  6:00 pm
• Barks & Blues Mini Sessions →
  The Yard, 1432 5th Ave, Columbus
  6:00 pm

Sunday September 13

• Sacred Balance Breathwork Ceremony: Fall Equinox: Americus, GA →
  Phoenix Heart Healing, 111 Habitat Street, Americus
• WIM Set Sail →
  Hamilton GA

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CoreCivic posted a job opening for Janitor, Part-Time in Lumpkin. Apply here.
• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Cuthbert. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lumpkin here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Dawson

• Macon honors 'King of Soul' Otis Redding with street dedication on his 85th birthday (13wmaz.com)

Columbus

• Columbus nonprofit awards $28,000 to local law enforcement, first responders pursuing further education (wrbl.com)
• Columbus center asking for donations for its first annual Community Closet event (ledger-enquirer.com)
• GDOT seeks input on Williams Road widening project (wtvm.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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