🌱 2026 Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival April 24-25 and 10 more events

What's up Etowah! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• History for Lunch: The Music of Tennessee at McMinn County Living Heritage Museum
• 2026 Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival April 24-25 at Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival
• The Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Very warm with sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 48 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 52.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.

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📸 Around Etowah

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Etowah

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• History for Lunch: The Music of Tennessee
  McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, 522 W Madison Ave, Athens
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 24

• 2026 Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival April 24-25
  Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival , 1058 TN-30 , Reliance
  6:00 pm
• The Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival
  Camp McCroy , 1058 TN-30 , Reliance
  6:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Job and Resource Fair | McMinn County
  E.G. Fisher Public Library , 1289 Ingleside Ave , Athens
  10:00 am

Monday May 4

• Eye to I- Guided Drawing w/ Marie Spaeder Haas
  Etowah Arts Commission , 700 Tennessee Ave , Etowah
  5:00 pm

Wednesday May 6

• “Elevation” (W – 4:00p)
  Tri-County Center , 3030 Lee Hwy , Athens
  4:00 pm

Saturday May 9

• Mother's Day Afternoon Tea at the Depot
  L&N Depot Museum , 727 Tennessee Ave South , Etowah
  3:00 pm

Wednesday May 20

• “Elevation” (W – 4:00p)
  Tri-County Center , 3030 Lee Hwy , Athens
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Into the Woods
  McMinn Central High School , 145 Co Rd 461 , Englewood
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• It’s Not Too Late (Thur – Sat – 12:00am – 1:00am)
  Tri-County Center , 3030 Lee Hwy , Athens
  11:58 pm

Saturday April 25

• Al-Anon Family Groups Meeting
  Tri-County Center , 3030 Lee Hwy , Athens
  10:00 am
• McMinn Central Baseball vs Greenback
  McMinn Central High School , 145 Co Rd 461 , Englewood
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Englewood

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Athens

• Athens car seat manufacturer to close in June, displacing 210 workers (newschannel9.com)
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Sweetwater

• Three Earthquakes Strike South Carolina and Tennesssee (weatherboy.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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