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🌱 How a Canon traffic stop sparked a major regional drug bust
Also, don't miss Spencer Heringa on the Canon Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Canon traffic stop sparked a major regional drug bust
Also on today's calendar: Photography Guild.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 60. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Canon Drug Arrests Leads to Multi-Agency Drug Bust in Elbert County (921wlhr.com) — A recent Canon traffic stop at Highway 17 and Spring Street uncovered a trafficking quantity of methamphetamine and sparked a wider multi-agency drug investigation. Officers then searched an Elberton residence, seizing nearly 500 grams of meth and other drugs, with multiple suspects now jailed as authorities credit Canon Police and partner agencies for disrupting regional trafficking. 
📸 Around Canon
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Canon
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Cateechee Golf Club, 140 Cateechee Trail, Hartwell
6:00 pm
Friday October 9
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Other local events
- Photography Guild →
Southern Hart Brewing Company, 350 E Howell St, Hartwell
7:00 pm
Monday October 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
- JV/V FP SOFTBALL @ MORGAN CO
Hart County High School Hartwell, GA 30643
4:30 pm - Varsity @ BASA@ Lumpkin @6:30
Hart County High School Hartwell, GA 30643
5:30 pm - VARSITY FP SOFTBALL VS JEFFERSON
Hart County High School Hartwell, GA 30643
5:30 pm - Bulldog Classic XC Meet →
Hartwell GA - Scarecrows on The Square →
Hartwell GA - Rotary Club of Hartwell Meeting →
- XC - BULLDOG CLASSIC @ HOME
Hart County High School Hartwell, GA 30643
5:00 pm - JV Football @ Madison Co.
Hart County High School Hartwell, GA 30643
5:30 pm - VARSITY FP SOFTBALL @ FRANKLIN CO
Hart County High School Hartwell, GA 30643
6:00 pm - WUGA →
57 Depot St., Hartwell
9:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ascend Staffing posted a job opening for Welder-1st Shift - $20.00 / HR. in Lavonia. Apply here.
- Southern Tire Mart, LLC posted a job opening for Mobile Service Technician in Carnesville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Canon here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- Mrs. Emily Leola Rider Waters (wnegradio.com)
Commerce
- Georgia Wood Char Scales Waste-Wood Biochar for Global B2B Buyers (cincinnati.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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