🌱 7th Grade Football vs. Calallen and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• 7th Grade Football vs. Calallen at Gregory-Portland ISD
• THS: Marching Band Rehearsal at TAFT ISD
• Middle School Volleyball vs London (away) at Gregory-Portland ISD

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

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 81 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Humid; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 95, low: 79.
• Tuesday: Sunshine, breezy and humid, with a high of 95 and low of 79 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portland

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Monday August 31

• 7th Grade Football vs. Calallen
  Gregory-Portland ISD Gregory-Portland Middle School
  4:30 pm
• THS: Marching Band Rehearsal
  TAFT ISD Band Hall
  4:45 pm
• Middle School Volleyball vs London (away)
  Gregory-Portland ISD London Middle School
  5:00 pm

Tuesday September 1

• THS: Marching Band Rehearsal
  TAFT ISD Band Hall/Greyhound Stadium
  6:45 am
• 8th Grade Football vs. Calallen
  Gregory-Portland ISD Gregory-Portland Middle School
  4:30 pm
• V Tennis vs Victoria East
  Gregory-Portland H S G-P High School Tennis Courts
  4:30 pm
• F/JV/V Volleyball vs Laredo United South
  Gregory-Portland H S Gregory-Portland High School
  5:00 pm
• THS Volleyball: Lady Greyhounds vs San Diego Lady Vaqueros
  TAFT ISD Taft High School, 502 Rincon Rd, Taft, TX
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31

• 7th Grade Football vs. Calallen
  Gregory-Portland ISD Gregory-Portland Middle School
  4:30 pm
• THS: Marching Band Rehearsal
  TAFT ISD Band Hall
  4:45 pm
• Middle School Volleyball vs London (away)
  Gregory-Portland ISD London Middle School
  5:00 pm

Tuesday September 1

• V Tennis vs Victoria East
  Gregory-Portland H S G-P High School Tennis Courts
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• Starting the weekend off right with some cardio with these awesome ladies!
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• Chili's Grill & Bar posted a job opening for OLD - Server - Portland Chili's in Portland. Apply here.
• Rabalais Constructors, LLC posted a job opening for Electrician Journeyman - Bakersfield, Texas (West Texas) in Ingleside. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portland here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ingleside

• A deepwater field off Louisiana pushed oil up through rock holding 20,000 pounds per square inch, and it reached 100,000 barrels a day within 75 days as the first Gulf project ever to produce at that pressure (energiesmedia.com)
• District 16-4A Division 2 preview (sbnewspaper.com)
• Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Here's Why (marketbeat.com)

Corpus Christi

• Conference in Corpus Christi offers resources to grandparents raising their grandchildren (kiiitv.com)
• Dolly Parton featured in Rockin' K Farms' 2026 corn maze. (kiiitv.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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