🌱 Villa Rica student wins key scholarship to launch teaching career

Good day Villa Rica! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Villa Rica student wins key scholarship to launch teaching career
• How Villa Rica's GSP post is responding to Labor Day crashes

Also on today's calendar: 6th Annual Buffalo Creek Fall Festival and 3 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Rhonda R.!

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 88 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 87, low: 69.
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 84 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Villa Rica's Orr awarded PAGE Undergraduate Scholarship (times-georgian.com) — Villa Rica resident Addison Orr has earned a $1,500 PAGE Undergraduate Scholarship to support her final year studying elementary education and teaching English as a foreign language at Berry College. Her award comes with a commitment to teach in Georgia classrooms, meaning her training and passion for literacy could soon benefit students not far from Villa Rica.
   

• Update: 4 fatalities include 2 pedestrians on Georgia roads before end of 2026 Labor Day travel (monroelocal.org) — State troopers from Post 4 in Villa Rica are among those responding to serious crashes during the 2026 Labor Day travel period, which has already seen four traffic deaths statewide. With hours left in the 78‑hour holiday window, officials urge Villa Rica drivers to slow down, avoid distractions, and plan extra time as patrols intensify on interstates and local roads.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Villa Rica

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 9
• Intermediate Tai Chi - Villa Rica →
  Tanner Health Source - Villa Rica, 101 Quartz Drive Ste 104, Villa Rica
  12:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• 6th Annual Buffalo Creek Fall Festival →
  Carroll County Ag Center, 900 Newnan Rd, Carrollton
  9:00 am
Thursday September 17
• Lunch and Learn at Meadowbrook Memory Gardens →
  Meadowbrook Memory Gardens, 1100 Hickory Level Road, Villa Rica
  11:30 am
Monday September 21
• News & Views Trivia Night →
  Villa Rica Public Library, 869 Dallas Hwy, Villa Rica
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 26
• Traffic Incident Management Practices →
  Peach State Freightliner, 460 Edge Rd., Villa Rica
  8:00 am
• The Kentucky Headhunters: The Mill Amphitheater →
  The Mill Amphitheatre, 106 Temple St, Villa Rica
  7:00 pm

🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Volleyball @ Heard/Callaway
  Temple High Heard County High School, 545 Main St, Franklin, GA 30217, USA
  5:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Softball vs Bremen V
  Temple High School, 589 Sage St, Temple, GA 30179, USA
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Softball @ Haralson V/JV
  Temple High Haralson County High School, 1655 GA-120, Tallapoosa, GA 30176\
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball @ Armuchee/New Manchester
  Temple High Armuchee High School, 4203 Martha Berry Hwy, Rome, GA 30165, U
  5:30 pm
• Temple JV Football @ Bremen →
  Bremen High School, 529 Laurel St, Bremen
  6:00 pm
• JV Football @ Bremen
  Temple High Bremen High School, 529 Laurel St, Bremen, GA 30110, USA
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hey I have an update.
  Thanks to all of the people on the lookout for Blu. He showed up, just came in the house like, I am home. Again, thank you! (Nextdoor Mirror Lake Villa Rica)
• I have a handful of cats/kittens in my backyard.
  I'm willing to take them to get spayed/neutered but don't know what places will. any recommendations ? I can't really spend an arm and a leg. Thanks… (Nextdoor Lost Lake)

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Villa Rica. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Assistant Manager 39385 in Douglasville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Villa Rica here.

🗞 Nearby News

Douglasville

• How Megan Moroney's First Heartbreak Kickstarted Her Music Career (today.com)
• Who is Deuce Alexander? Meet Ole Miss WR with two 62-yard touchdowns vs. Louisville (sportingnews.com)

Dallas

• Redwine awarded PAGE Professional Scholarship (times-georgian.com)

Carrollton

• Recovery Bus to stop at The Amp Sept. 9 (times-georgian.com)
• Severe storms could disrupt Sunday plans across North Georgia (fox5atlanta.com)
• Carrollton Garden Club mum and bake sale set for Sept. 10-12 (yourohionews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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