🌱 Patch AM: How USC Law is quietly helping Irmo’s small businesses for free

Hi Irmo! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How USC Law is quietly helping Irmo's small businesses for free
• What Irmo High loses with star running back Tai Phillips sidelined

Also on today's calendar: Friends of the Irmo Library Book Donation Day and 6 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Some rain, with a high of 71 and low of 69 degrees.
• Sunday: A couple of morning t-storms, temps: high: 78, low: 62.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 86 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• USC Law speaks to Optimists (thenewirmonews.com) — Members of the St. Andrews-Irmo Optimist Club recently heard from Dr. Joel Campbell of USC's Joseph F. Rice School of Law about free support available to local family and small businesses. He shared lessons from his own entrepreneurial experience and outlined how USC helps owners tackle operations, staffing, licensing, and succession planning. Irmo-area entrepreneurs can tap these no-cost resources for guidance.
   

• South Carolina high school star RB, Alabama commit to miss rest of season (usatoday.com) — Irmo High School's football team will finish the season without standout running back and Alabama commit Tai Phillips, who announced a season-ending injury on October 9. The loss is a major blow for an Irmo roster loaded with college prospects after last year's run to the Class AAAAA title game. Phillips says he's focused on recovery before enrolling at Alabama in January.
   

📸 Around Irmo

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Irmo

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 16
• Decoupage Pumpkins - Created to Delight & Fright! →
  Poore House Furnishings, 7565 Saint Andrews Road, Irmo
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Friends of the Irmo Library Book Donation Day →
  6251 St Andrews Rd, Columbia
  9:00 am
• Book Donation Day →
  Irmo Branch Library, 6251 St Andrews Rd, Columbia
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Coffee Talk with the Irmo Chamber
  Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Center, 800 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo
  8:00 am
Wednesday October 14
• October 2026 Partner Luncheon
  Salem United Methodist Church, 1321 Salem Church Rd., Iermo
  11:30 am
Thursday October 15
• Irmo Food and Wine Festival
  Moore Park, 7473 Church Street, Irmo
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• HUSH NO MORE's Walk, Roll, Run Against Domestic Violence →
  Moore Park, 7507 Eastview Drive, Irmo
  9:00 am
• The Treasures We Carry →
  Poore House Furnishings, 7565 St Andrews Rd, Irmo
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• Wine and the Mediterranean Lifestyle →
  1085 SC-60, 1085 South Carolina 60, Irmo
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 10
• Blackbelt Class - Professor Tom Ryan →
  Palmetto Jujitsu Academy & Healing Arts Center, 372 Riverchase Way, Lexington
  8:00 am
• Lexington Paper Shred Event →
  Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, 405 Sunset Boulevard, Lexington
  9:00 am
• TAG Academy's 2nd Annual Community Fall Festival →
  141 Riverchase Way, Lexington
  9:00 am
• Pups & Pints Adoption Event and Donation Drive: Halloween Edition @ Savage Craft Ale Works →
  Savage Craft Ale Works, 430 Center St, West Columbia
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does he belong to you?
  Has he found his way home? This What about 8:30 last night. (Nextdoor Waterfall)
• Earlier this year, back in the Spring, I met with filmaker/ artist Ron Hagell to discuss the music for a short film that he had in mind.
  It had been a while, but after a few weeks of fumbling around on the piano, I composed the score. The film pays tribute to the three rivers that… (Nextdoor Audubon Oaks)

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Irmo. Apply here.
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store posted a job opening for Busser in Irmo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Irmo here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lexington

• Lexington-Richland Five breaks ground on new Administrative Center (abccolumbia.com)
• Scarecrow Stroll returns to downtown Lexington (lexingtonchronicle.com)
• Lexington 1 board gives superintendent high marks (lexingtonchronicle.com)

West Columbia

• Still time to get your tickets for the West Columbia Beautification Foundation Reverse Raffle - Win $10,000 (westmetronews.com)

Ok Irmo! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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