🌱 Spring 2026 Academic & Behavior Screening and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: How do you measure a snake? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday May 11

• Spring 2026 Academic & Behavior Screening
  Muscogee County School District school sites
  8:00 am
• Sumter Co BOE - Work Session
  Sumter County Americus, GA 31719
  6:00 pm
• Dougherty County Board of Education Regular Meeting →
  Alice Coachman Elementary School 200 Pine Ave, Albany, GA 31701, USA
  6:30 pm
• Terrell County Board of Education - Regular Meeting
  Terrell County 761 1st Ave SE, Dawson, GA 39842, USA
  7:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• Dougherty County–Albany Area YMCA Fitness Classes →
  Albany (GA) YMCA, 1701 Gillionville Rd, Albany
  9:00 am
• Bush - Celebration
  Pre-K Leesburg, GA 31763
  12:30 pm
• BOE Meeting [In-person]
  Macon County MCBOE Conference Room
  6:00 pm
• Work Session Meeting →
  Sumter County Calendar, 500 West Lamar Street, Americus
  6:00 pm
• BOARD MEETING
  Chattahoochee County CCHS Cafeteria, 360 GA Hwy 26, Cusseta
  6:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Seniors: report for Senior Day
  Early County High School BLAKELY, GA 39823
  8:00 am

Thursday May 14

• Ferrell - Celebration
  Pre-K Leesburg, GA 31763
  10:00 am
• Randolph County Chamber of Commerce →
  Turner Dining Hall, 413 College St, Cuthbert
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• State of Georgia posted a job opening for Attorney 1 in Lumpkin. Apply here.
• Tyson Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for PIT Equipment Operator PR03 2nd Shift Cuthbert Blend Mill in Cuthbert. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lumpkin here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Columbus

• Books, crafts, characters: Columbus Library transforms for kids' festival (wtvm.com)
• Columbus Dream Center restoring hope back to families with free resources (wrbl.com)
• Feds send Columbus repeat offenders to prison after guilty pleas in gun cases (wtvm.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In inches. Snakes don't have feet! (Thank you Kay L. for sending it in!)
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