🌱 Want to help tag monarch butterflies right here in Townsend?

Morning Townsend! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Want to help tag monarch butterflies right here in Townsend?

Also on today's calendar: Small Group Learning & Fly Fishing Session (Women) and 9 more events.

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 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 88, low: 66.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Smokies Life hosts Branch Out events - (smokymountainnews.com) — Residents can join a hands-on monarch butterfly tagging workshop at the Great Smokies Welcome Center in Townsend on Oct. 7, helping track the species' migration through our area. Additional Branch Out events explore elk and their reintroduction to the Smokies, with registration fees supporting Great Smoky Mountains National Park projects and services.
   

📸 Around Townsend

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Townsend

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• 101 Small Group Learning & Fly Fishing Session (Women) →
  Townsend
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Small Group Learning & Fly Fishing Session (Women) →
  Townsend TN
  8:00 am
• Tech Classes @ BCPL: Pixel Perfect Designs, pt 1—Create Your Design Using Canva →
  Blount County, TN Calendar, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville
  8:30 am
• Tech Classes @ BCPL: Organize Your Digital Files with Google Drive →
  Blount County, TN Calendar, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville
  10:30 am
• Free Create Friday (Kids) →
  Blount County, TN Calendar Maryville, TN 37804
  10:30 am
• Tech Classes @ BCPL: Create Professional Documents with Google Docs →
  Blount County, TN Calendar, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville
  12:30 pm
• Tony Gardner →
  Blount County, TN Calendar, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville
  1:00 pm
• Live Music with Gary Gillian →
  Peaceful Side Social, 7967 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend
  4:30 pm
• Piper Paisley @ Company Distilling →
  Company Distilling, 8351 TN-73, Townsend
  6:00 pm
• Piper Paisley at Company Distilling →
  Company Distilling, 8351 TN-73, Townsend
  6:00 pm
• Live Music: Authentic Unlimited →
  Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Chestnut Ridge Homeowners Association Annual Meeting →
  Blount County, TN Calendar, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• PrideStaff posted a job opening for PIM Team Member 1st Shift in Maryville. Apply here.
• EMCOR Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Welder Multi-Craft - Field Position, Maryville, TN in Maryville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Townsend here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pigeon Forge

• Travel: Myrtle Beach, Pigeon Forge and Branson offer 3 distinct flavors of Americana (ocregister.com)
• Girl Scouts partners with Sevier County Animal Shelter to send BarkBoxes to shelter dogs (themountainpress.com)
• 50 History Facts So Disturbing, Bizarre, And Unbelievable You'll Swear They Can't Be Real (newsbreak.com)

Gatlinburg

• Columbia Tourism Leaders Honored with Two State Tourism Awards (mainstreetmediatn.com)

Ok Townsend! 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: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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