🌱 Fall Festival at Gethsemane Baptist Temple and 10 more events

Hello again Starr! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Downtown Anderson Halloween bar crawl at The Local Uptown
• Fall Festival at Gethsemane Baptist Temple at Gethsemane Baptist Temple

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 84 and low of 66 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain and a t-storm; cooler, temps: high: 70, low: 64.
• Monday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.

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📸 Around Starr

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Starr

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 31

• Downtown Anderson Halloween bar crawl →
  The Local Uptown, 301 N McDuffie St, Anderson
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 17

• Fall Festival at Gethsemane Baptist Temple →
  Gethsemane Baptist Temple, 6116 Highway 81 South, Starr
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Morningside Community Park Restoration & Beautification Day →
  Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, 1702 South Fant Street, Anderson
  8:30 am
• Felted Pumpkins with Merciful Hearts Farm →
  Indigo Custom Framing & Artisan Market, 305 North Main Street, Anderson
  10:00 am
• Community Baby Shower →
  AnMed North Campus, 2000 E. Greenville Street, Anderson
  10:00 am
• Weekend Bruch →
  McGee’s Scot-Irish Pub, 116 W. Orr St., Anderson
  11:00 am
• CITY OF IVA →
  IVA CITY POLICE, IVA
  6:00 pm
• LOUIE'S →
  LOUIE’S BAR AND GRILL, 100 ELECTRIC CITY BLVD, ANDERSON
  8:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH →
  CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH, 1012 CONCORD RD, ANDERSON
  8:15 am
• NEW HOLLY LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH →
  NEW HOLLY LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, 6300 HIGHWAY 187, ANDERSON
  9:30 am
• GOSPEL LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH →
  GOSPEL LIGHT CHURCH, 3000 MIDWAY RD, ANDERSON
  9:30 am
• Hispanic Heritage Month: Cooking with Chef Dayna →
  300 N. McDuffie St., Anderson
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sundt Construction, Inc. posted a job opening for Electrician Helper in Iva. Apply here.
• Burger King - EYAS posted a job opening for Team Member - 1300 West Front Street, Iva, SC 29655 in Iva. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Starr here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Anderson

• After Delays, Work Set to Begin on P.F. Meat in Anderson (andersonobserver.com)
• Anderson Co. Sheriff's Office remembers Detective Mark Garrett 1 year after fatal DUI crash (foxcarolina.com)
• Adeptus USA selects Anderson County to establish first South Carolina operation (sc.gov)

Belton

• Belton Standpipe Heritage and Arts Festival (thejournalonline.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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