🌱 Growing Madisonville parish breaks ground on family life center

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• Growing Madisonville parish breaks ground on family life center

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📰 News we're reading

• St. Joseph the Worker breaking ground on family life center (etcatholic.org) — St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Madisonville breaks ground at noon Nov. 11 on a family life center as its congregation grows. The parish serves more than 530 families across a region that includes Philadelphia, and the 12,000-square-foot addition will provide more religious-education space, meeting rooms, a community kitchen and a social hall.
   

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Thursday November 12

• CANCELLED: Board of Education Workshop
  Loudon County Courthouse Annex, 101 Mulberry Street, Loudon
  6:00 pm
• CANCELLED: Board of Education Meeting
  Loudon County Courthouse Annex, 101 Mulberry Street, Loudon
  7:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Book Bedazzling Craft Night →
  Sweetwater TN
  7:00 pm
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  Sweethearts Bookstore, 504 North Main Street, Sweetwater
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Monday November 16

• Basketball (H) Rockwood (Girls only)
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am
• Learn to Play Mahjong Day 2
  Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
  9:30 am

Tuesday November 17

• Basketball @ Meigs Co.
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am
• Medicare and Retirement Healthcare Planning- Darion Bridgman and Ka
  Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
  10:00 am

Wednesday November 18

• Mahjong Practice Play for Beginners
  Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
  9:30 am
• Protect Your Legacy: Estate Planning & Asset Protection Workshop -
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  2:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Basketball @ McMinn Co.
  Loudon High School Loudon, TN 37774
  8:00 am
• Retirement Income and Long-Term Care Planning - Alex Dalton, ChFC®
  Tellico Village Public Library, 300 Irene Lane, Loudon
  10:00 am

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Lenoir City

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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