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In today's newsletter:
- Why a Gray football star was expelled after marrying his sweetheart
Today's riddle: There was a pink man who lived in a one story pink house. Everything he had was pink. What color were the stairs? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 72, low: 64.
- Thursday: Cloudy, a shower; humid, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• On This Day: November 1, 1962 (wenatcheeworld.com) — A historical look back at November 1, 1962 briefly spotlights Gray where a star high school football player was expelled after marrying his underage sweetheart under a strict school board rule. The piece mainly surveys Cold War tensions, Northwest dam debates, and Washington State politics, but the Gray story stands out as a human-interest glimpse of past local school policies. 
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Wild Wing Cafe, 5080 Riverside Drive, Macon
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Women's Basketball vs. Georgia Southern →
Hawkins Arena, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon
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Wednesday November 4
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🗞 Nearby News
Macon
- Faith in action: Muslims and Christians in Macon unite to serve their neighborhood (finalcall.com)
- Macon man arrested after attempted armed robbery at Ingleside Avenue credit union (41nbc.com)
- Weekday Adventures in the Heart of Georgia (11/2-11/5) (middlegatimes.com)
Milledgeville
- 2 former St. Joseph-Ogden High School athletes in Southern Illinois listed for college action the week starting Monday, Nov. 2 (silnews.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "There was a pink man who lived in a one story pink house. Everything he had was pink. What color were the stairs?" — There were no stairs. (Thank you Ro B. for sending it in!)
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