🌱 Dog 101: Basic Needs and Healthcare and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Dog 101: Basic Needs and Healthcare at Orange County, NC Calendar
• Football Tryouts at Gravelly Hill Middle
• Dog 102: Behavior at Orange County, NC Calendar

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 69.
• Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 68 degrees.

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📸 Around Efland

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Efland

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Saturday August 8

• Dog 101: Basic Needs and Healthcare →
  Orange County, NC Calendar, 1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill
  1:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Football Tryouts
  Gravelly Hill Middle Efland, NC 27243
  5:00 pm

Saturday August 15

• Dog 102: Behavior →
  Orange County, NC Calendar, 1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Mebane's First Thursday- Celebrating Moms Everywhere and Every Kind
  Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce Downtown Mebane Clay Street Mebane, NC
  5:00 pm

Friday August 7

• BOE Retreat Day 1
  Partnership Academy 200 E King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA
  5:30 pm

Saturday August 8

• BOE Retreat Day 2
  Partnership Academy 200 E King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA
  8:30 am
• Bank Fishing Catfish Tournaments →
  Graham-Mebane Lake, 3218 Bason Rd, Mebane
  7:00 pm
• Casey James →
  Whiskey Sowers, LLC, 113 N 4th St, Mebane
  7:00 pm

Monday August 10

• Anything Goes Art Meet Up, an informal drop in session
  Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce Margaret Lane Gallery ANNEX/F-Stop 2, 302 W Corbin Street, Hillsborough, NC
  10:00 am

Wednesday August 12

• Middle School 101
  Charles W Stanford Middle Hillsborough, NC 27278
  8:30 am
• Local Historians Hold Court →
  Mebane Historical Museum, 209 W Jackson St, Mebane
  12:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• BAH Sonark Farms
  Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce 5292 Sonark Lane Hillsborough
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Hillsborough. Apply here.
• Graham Personnel Services posted a job opening for Line Operator in Mebane. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Efland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hillsborough

• Hillsborough: National Night Out, Look Ahead to Fall, Code Enforcement (chapelboro.com)

Mebane

• Office / Shop Renovation & Storage Bldg. Addition # (thetimesnews.com)
• King, Walter Layton (nps.gov)
• Notice of Intent to Issue an NPDES Wastewater Permit No. NC0025071-Mebane Bridge WWTP (nc.gov)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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