🌱 How a new Marion hub could boost rebuilding work in East Flat Rock

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In today's newsletter:

• How a new Marion hub could boost rebuilding work in East Flat Rock

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.
• Sunday: Periods of rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 69, low: 63.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• N.C. Baptists on Mission dedicates 80-acre rebuild center on Helene anniversary (baptistpress.com) — East Flat Rock is one of six Baptists on Mission rebuild centers now coordinated through a newly dedicated 80‑acre hub in Marion supporting long-term Hurricane Helene recovery. The expanded facility will store materials, host volunteers, and organize rebuilding projects across western North Carolina for at least four to five more years, helping repair damaged homes and sustain ongoing community recovery efforts.
   

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📸 Around East Flat Rock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Flat Rock

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Monday October 5

• Soccer @ Tuscola
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  4:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Volleyball @ Smoky Mountain
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  5:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Soccer vs Pisgah
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  4:00 pm
• Flag Football @ North Buncombe vs Smoky Mountain
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  5:00 pm
• Flag Football @ North Buncombe
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  8:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• JV Football vs Franklin
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  6:30 pm

Friday October 9

• Varsity Football @ Franklin
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  7:30 pm

Monday October 12

• Soccer @ Brevard
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  4:00 pm

Wednesday October 14

• Soccer @ East Henderson
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  4:00 pm
• Noche Hispana
  East Henderson High School, 150 Eagle Pride Dr, East Flat Rock
  4:00 pm
• Flag Football vs Erwin
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  5:00 pm
• Flag Football vs Brevard
  North Henderson High, 35 Fruitland Road, Hendersonville
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Phenom People posted a job opening for Cashier in Hendersonville. Apply here.
• Ulta Beauty posted a job opening for Beauty Advisor in Hendersonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Flat Rock here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Flat Rock

• The Apples of Their Eyes (flatrocktogether.com)
• Henderson County Sheriff's Office Arrests Four Women After Seizing 15 Gambling Machines and Cash in North Carolina (sccgmanagement.com)
• Friday News October 02, 2026 (wbfj.fm)

Hendersonville

• Rebuilt after Helene, 4 homes in Hendersonville neighborhood set for demolition (wlos.com)
• Joni Allison named Principal of the Year (hendersonvillelightning.com)
• Deputies: 2 arrested for child sex crimes after search warrants executed in Hendersonville (foxcarolina.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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