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🌱 Cross Country FCAA Championship and 11 more events
Spotted on the Ranger calendar: CHS (JV) Football vs. Adairsville
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- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Periods of sun with a shower, temps: high: 87, low: 67.
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Cross Country FCAA Championship
Ashworth Middle School, 200 Hughes Dairy Rd, Lindale
4:00 pm - CHS (JV) Football vs. Adairsville
Phil Reeve Stadium , Calhoun, GA 30701, USA
5:30 pm - Copper Creek Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch →
Cooper Creek Farm, 1514 Reeves Station Rd, Calhoun - CHS Football vs SE Whitfield *Homecoming
Calhoun High School, 355 S River St, Calhoun
7:30 pm - PARENTS WEEKEND →
Georgia-Cumberland Academy Seventh-day Adventist Church, 351 Academy Dr SW, Calhoun
7:30 pm - Downtown Calhoun Farmers' Market →
Downtown City Park, Calhoun - 2026 USA Powerlifting GA State Championship →
Dalton Convention Center, 2211 Tony Ingle Parkway, Dalton
9:00 am - Winery Tour →
Chateau Meichtry Family Vineyard & Wine, 1862 Orchard Ln, Talking Rock
12:30 pm - Winery Tour - Saturday, October 3rd →
Chateau Meichtry Family Vineyard & Wine, 1862 Orchard Ln, Talking Rock
12:30 pm - CHS Cross Country @ Rambler XC Invitational
LaFayette High School, 5178 Round Pond Rd, LaFayette
5:00 pm - Homecoming Parade - Downtown Calhoun
Calhoun City Schools, 100 S Wall St, Calhoun
6:30 pm - CHS Homecoming Dance
Calhoun High School, 355 S River St, Calhoun
8:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Tyson Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Feed Mill Worker Labor FM01 (3S) - Fairmount, GA (3 positions) in Fairmount. Apply here.
- Mohawk Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for VP Manufacturing- Commercial- Calhoun, GA in Calhoun. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ranger here.
🗞 Nearby News
Calhoun
- Head to Head Contrast: Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) & Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) (defenseworld.net)
- South Georgia school district graduation rates (walb.com)
- Softball Recap: Calhoun Handles Southeast Whitfield (maxpreps.com)
Adairsville
- SAKAI Celebrates 50 Years in North America and 25 Years of U.S. Manufacturing in Adairsville (coosavalleynews.com)
- Bartow and Cartersville High Schools Exceeds Georgia's Historic High Graduation Rate (wbhfradio.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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