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🌱 East Clarendon Varsity Football @ Manning and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 90, low: 69.
  • Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Master Diesel Tech-Mechanic in Manning. Apply here.
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation posted a job opening for Field Electronics Technician-Nuclear in Manning. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alcolu here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sumter

  • Pinnacle Financial Partners adds Poole as financial advisor in Midland (theitem.com)
  • Letter to the editor: Ministry thanks community for support of event (theitem.com)
  • eSTEAM is this Saturday, and plenty of fall events for all are coming up - Oktoberfest, Porches and more (theitem.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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