🌱 Box Fort Day and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Box Fort Day at Texas Forestry Museum
• Cross Country @ Brook Hill at ALTO ISD

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 84, low: 73.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wells

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8
• Box Fort Day →
  Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Cross Country @ Brook Hill
  ALTO ISD Alto, TX 75925

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Herty Primary - Open House
  LUFKIN ISD, 2804 Paul Ave, Lufkin
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball @ Groveton
  ALTO ISD Alto, TX 75925
  5:00 pm
• JH Football vs. Grapeland
  Alto Independent School District , TX, USA
  5:00 pm
• Elected Officials Reception
  Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce, 1615 S Chestnut St, Lufkin
  5:30 pm
• JV Football vs. Grapeland
  ALTO ISD Alto, TX 75925
  6:30 pm
• Panther Football vs New Caney
  LUFKIN ISD, 21650 TX-494 Loop, New Caney
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• First Friday Luncheon
  Crown Colony Country Club, 900 Crown Colony Drive, Lufkin
  12:00 pm
• Rusk Girls JV Volleyball @ Hudson →
  Hudson ISD: Hudson High School, 6735 Ted Trout Dr, Lufkin
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Cross Country @ Brook Hill
  ALTO ISD Alto, TX 75925
• Lufkin's Bistro
  Downtown Lufkin
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• AccentCare, Inc. posted a job opening for Caregiver - In Home Care in Alto. Apply here.
• Sam's Club posted a job opening for Merchandise and Stocking Associate in Lufkin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wells here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lufkin

• Lufkin officer gets 5-year prison sentence for using Flock data to monitor ex-girlfriend, her family (cbs19.tv)
• Abbott says data center permits frozen until power, water concerns addressed (ksla.com)
• September 29, 2026 Issue, Page 8 of 13 (seminolesentinel.com)

Nacogdoches

• Nacogdoches County partners with NAC Space to fix IT infrastructure (ktre.com)

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-- 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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