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🌱 Hodges Field Ultralight Fly-in (4GA0) and 11 more events
Also, don't miss Early County Varsity Football @ Terrell County on the Plains Patch calendar

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- Thursday: Very warm with sunshine, with a high of 90 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 68.
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Hodges Field Ultralight Fly-in (4GA0) →
Hodges Field, Old Stage Rd, Andersonville
7:00 am - Early County Varsity Football @ Terrell County →
Terrell County High School, 201 Greenwave Blvd, Dawson
7:30 pm - Monroe Varsity Football @ Sumter County →
Americus-Sumter High School, 903 S Georgia Tech Pkwy, Americus
7:30 pm - Board Work Session
Schley County, 161 Perry Dr, Ellaville
5:30 pm - Board Meeting
Schley County, 161 Perry Dr, Ellaville
5:30 pm - Macon County at Schley County →
Schley County, 2131 Us Highway 19 S, Ellaville
7:30 pm - Civil War Medicine at Andersonville →
Andersonville National Historic Site, 760 POW Road, Andersonville - Civil War Medicine
Andersonville National Cemetery , Andersonville, GA 31711
10:00 am - New Moon Women's Song Circle →
Phoenix Heart Healing, 111 Habitat Street, Americus
2:00 pm - New Moon Women's Song Circle: 10/10/26 in Americus, GA →
111 Habitat Street, Americus
2:00 pm - Magnolia District Annual Fall Meeting 2026 →
Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center, 1800 S Lee St, Americus
9:00 am - Next Stop Comedy at The Spot-Americus →
THE SPOT Latin Fusion Cuisine, 118 North Jackson Street, Americus
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Conservation Legacy posted a job opening for Community Engagement Steward - AmeriCorps Individual Placement in Plains. Apply here.
- McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Americus. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plains here.
🗞 Nearby News
Americus
- Americus Council Members give positions on APD and ICE cooperation (americustimesrecorder.com)
- Gibson glad circumstances led him to Jones County (jcnews.com)
Dawson
- Clutch hitting leads to Softball POW awards for three (blitzsportsga.com)
Lumpkin
- Athens religious organizations to host Resisting Detention Centers workshop (redandblack.com)
- Softball Power Rankings: October (Powered by Porter Insulation) (blitzsportsga.com)
- UNG's Second Annual Hunger and Homelessness Week: What It Is and What Students Can Do (ungvanguard.org)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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