🌱 How will West Point’s senior center change for incoming Gen X members?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will West Point’s senior center change for incoming Gen X members?

Also on today's calendar: Zach Kinsey Music and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 92, low: 72.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Active Life discusses study to prepare for influx of the nex... (lagrangenews.com) — West Point’s Active Life senior center is part of a new Troup County study on how to better serve incoming Gen X members as they turn 55. With only about eight Gen X participants in West Point so far, researchers are surveying all three county centers to see what new programs, activities, and services this next wave of older adults will want.
   

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📸 Around West Point

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🗓 Upcoming Events in West Point

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 8

• Zach Kinsey Music →
  PaBella's Winery and Vineyard, 692 Adams Rd, West Point
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 8

• LHS Class of 2027 Community Wide Yard Sale
  LaGrange-Troup Chamber of Commerce LHS Parking Lot: 516 North Greenwood Street
  10:00 am

Tuesday August 11

• August 2026: Early Bird Breakfast Presented by Jackson Services
  LaGrange-Troup Chamber of Commerce Del'avant Event Center
  7:00 am

Saturday August 22

• Zach Kinsey Music →
  PaBella's Winery and Vineyard, 692 Adams Rd, West Point
  6:30 pm
• Del McCoury Band →
  Sweetland Amphitheatre at Boyd Park, 110 Smith St, LaGrange
  6:30 pm

Tuesday August 25

• Baby History →
  Troup County Archives and Legacy Museum On Main, 136 Main St, LaGrange
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 7

• HCHS Football Inter Squad Scrimmage
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  7:30 pm

Saturday August 8

• Composting: Potting Soil & Regenerative Inputs →
  Piney Woods Farm, 485 Hudson Rd, LaGrange
  9:00 am
• LHS Class of 2027 Community Wide Yard Sale
  LaGrange-Troup Chamber of Commerce LHS Parking Lot: 516 North Greenwood Street
  10:00 am

Tuesday August 11

• August 2026: Early Bird Breakfast Presented by Jackson Services
  LaGrange-Troup Chamber of Commerce Del'avant Event Center
  7:00 am

Friday August 14

• HCHS Football (V) Fall Scrimmage vs. Bremen @ home
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  7:30 pm

Saturday August 15

• Sunrise Yoga on the Mountain
  F.D. Roosevelt State Park 2970 Georgia Highway 190 Pine Mountain, GA 31822
  7:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• On Time Staffing posted a job opening for Purchasing Assistant Manager in West Point. Apply here.
• Allied Universal Security Services posted a job opening for Security Officer Checkpoint Operations in West Point. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Point here.

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🗞 Nearby News

LaGrange

• LaGrange routs Heard County in preseason scrimmage (lagrangenews.com)
• Long Cane Middle School students bring African-American figures to life with live wax museum (wrbl.com)
• 'Try not to think about that I'll never see him again,': LaGrange murder victim's father shares his thoughts after losing his son (wrbl.com)

Hogansville

• Hogansville to host Purple Heart Day ceremony on Friday (lagrangenews.com)
• Hogansville does first reading of new data center ordinance (lagrangenews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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