🌱 2 Mile Walking (Video) and 10 more events

Hey there, Stem! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Ripe for Revival Mobile Food Market (Butner) at Town of Butner Gazebo Park
• 2 Mile Walking (Video) at South Granville Senior Center
• 3-Mile Walking (Video) at South Granville Senior Center

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 70.
• Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees.

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📸 Around Stem

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stem

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 11

• Ripe for Revival Mobile Food Market (Butner) →
  Town of Butner Gazebo Park, 416 Central Ave, Butner
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19

• 2 Mile Walking (Video) →
  South Granville Senior Center, 114 Douglas Dr, Creedmoor
  9:30 am

Friday August 21

• 3-Mile Walking (Video) →
  South Granville Senior Center, 114 Douglas Dr, Creedmoor
  9:30 am

Tuesday August 25

• Ripe for Revival Mobile Food Market (Butner) →
  Gazebo Park, 416 Central Ave, Butner
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Stretch & Wiggle →
  Soldiers Memorial Sports Arena, 416 24th St, Butner
  10:05 am
• Open House - Elementary
  South Granville High Creedmoor, NC 27522
  4:00 pm
• Open House - Elementary - Traditional
  Mount Energy Elementary Creedmoor, NC 27522
  4:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Junk Journaling →
  South Granville Senior Center, 114 Douglas Dr, Creedmoor
  10:00 am

Sunday August 9

• SUNDAZE AT KORE WITH DJ SKILLZ →
  Kore Durham, 923 E Main St, Durham
  3:00 pm

Tuesday August 11

• SGWASA General Board Meeting →
  Butner Town Hall, 415 Central Ave, Butner
  6:00 pm

Monday August 17

• Brain Games →
  South Granville Senior Center, 114 Douglas Dr, Creedmoor
  9:30 am

Monday August 24

• Plastic Canvas →
  South Granville Senior Center, 114 Douglas Dr, Creedmoor
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Grand Prize winner of this year’s Wildlife in North Carolina Magazine Photo Competition is Stephanie Sheffield, an insurance agency owner from Gastonia.
  Her photograph of an anole tucked inside a flower beat out 2,795 other images to win the top prize. “I took up photography about 10 years ago as a… (Nextdoor )

• South Granville High School posted a job opening for Assistant Boys' Basketball Coach in Creedmoor. Apply here.
• Acosta Group - Acosta Sales & Marketing Company posted a job opening for Merchandising Specialist in Creedmoor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stem here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Oxford

• County passes amendment defining data center land use (theledgernews.com)

Durham

• House fire in Durham: Ongoing investigation and updates (wral.com)
• In New Documentary, a Moving Tribute to North Carolina's First Openly Trans Homecoming King (indyweek.com)
• Three North Carolina Hospitals Earn Top 50 National Rankings in U.S. News Report (power98fm.com)

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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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