🌱 Master Gardeners Summer/Fall Plant Sale and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Master Gardeners Summer/Fall Plant Sale at Cherokee County Senior Services

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 86 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 87, low: 68.
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Waleska

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Saturday September 5
• Master Gardeners Summer/Fall Plant Sale →
  Cherokee County Senior Services, 1001 Univeter Rd, Canton
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• JV Softball vs Dawson @PHS
  Pickens High School PCSD Athletics
  4:00 pm
• JV/V Volleyball Murray/Fannin @ PHS
  Pickens High School PCSD Athletics
  5:00 pm
• JV Football vs Dawson @ PHS
  Pickens High School Jasper, GA 30143
  5:30 pm
• School Advisory Council Meeting #1
  Pickens County Jasper, GA 30143
  5:30 pm
• Title I Night (After SAC)
  Pickens Jr High School Jasper, GA 30143
  6:00 pm
• Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing - Canceled →
  Holly Springs, GA Calendar
  6:00 pm
• PHS V Softball vs Dawson @ PHS
  Pickens Jr High School PCSD Athletics
  6:00 pm
• Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing →
  Holly Springs, GA Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session - Canceled →
  Holly Springs, GA Calendar
  6:00 pm
• Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session →
  Holly Springs, GA Calendar
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Live at Big Door Vineyards in White, GA →
  125 Clearwater Trail, White
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for recommendations from neighbors on Cable Road who have recently had their house exterior painted.
  Who did you use, were you happy with the work, and approximately what did you pay? This is for my elderly mother, who recently lost her husband and… (Nextdoor Brookwood)
• Has anyone had a bathtub to walk-in shower installed recently?
  Don't need a bathroom remodel, just a walk-in shower. There are so many ads, but I would like a ballpark figure and some recommendations. Thanks. (Nextdoor Lake Arrowhead)

• Cherokee County School District posted a job opening for Sequoyah High School-Custodian-2:00-10:30 in Canton. Apply here.
• U.S. Renal Care, Inc. posted a job opening for Unit Clerk Certified in Canton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Waleska here.

🗞 Nearby News

Canton

• Feud over girlfriend ends in life sentence for Canton man (fox5atlanta.com)
• Gallagher Security to showcase new solutions, partnerships at GSX 2026 (securitysystemsnews.com)
• A better way to recruit, hire and retain pest management employees (mypmp.net)

Jasper

• Offices make up over 50% of downtown Jasper businesses (pickensprogress.com)

Woodstock

• School Bus Crash Kills Man, Injures 2 Students In Woodstock (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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