🌱 Storytime at Hightower Memorial Library and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 89 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 88, low: 64.
• Friday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 93 and low of 68 degrees.

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📸 Around Talbotton

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16

• Storytime at Hightower Memorial Library →
  Thomaston GA
  10:30 am
• 🏐 Volleyball vs Jones County
  Jones County High School Away -
  5:00 pm
• 🏈 Football vs Jasper
  Jasper County High School Away -
  5:00 pm

Thursday September 17

• Thomaston Downtown Development Authority Meeting →
  City-County Meeting Room (1st Floor) Thomaston-Upson Government Complex, 106 East Lee Street, Thomaston
  8:30 am
• Thomaston Downtown Development Authority Meeting (2026) →
  106 East Lee Street, Thomaston
  8:30 am
• Whodunit?? Mystery Book Club at Hightower Memorial Library →
  Thomaston GA
  11:00 am

Friday September 18

• Author Visit at Hightower Memorial Library →
  Thomaston GA
  1:00 pm
• Wheeler County Varsity Football @ Taylor County →
  Taylor County High School, 22 Oak St, Butler
  7:30 pm
• Football v. Wheeler Co.
  Taylor County High School Butler, GA 31006
  7:30 pm

Saturday September 19

• R&B On The Lawn →
  Kennedy Boulevard, Manchester

Monday September 21

• BINGO! at Hightower Memorial Library →
  Thomaston GA
  11:00 am
• Zoning Commission Meeting (Public Hearing #1) →
  106 E Lee Street, Thomaston
  12:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• CHSGa posted a job opening for Dining and Nutritional Services Manager in Waverly Hall. Apply here.
• CSX Corporation posted a job opening for Freight Conductor - Manchester, GA in Manchester. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Talbotton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Columbus

• 6th annual Fountain City Tattoo Expo in Columbus is coming up. What to know before you go (ledger-enquirer.com)
• 5th annual Tri-City Latino Parade returns to Columbus area. What to know if you go (ledger-enquirer.com)
• CSU students, counselor speak out during Suicide Prevention Month walk (wtvm.com)

LaGrange

• 17-Year-Old Black Teen Who Had Just Graduated High School Killed in Labor Day Shooting (blacknews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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