🌱 Gaston Collard and Barbeque Festival and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Gaston Collard and Barbeque Festival

Today's riddle: Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 81 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 82, low: 53.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 54 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gaston

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3

• Gaston Collard and Barbeque Festival →
  Gaston
  10:00 am

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Other local events

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📣 Gaston Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 26

• Piecewise Run Club 2026 →
  Piecewise Coffee Co., 2001 State Street, Cayce
  8:00 am
• Growing up in Cayce- Recollections from the Life of Archie Moore →
  Cayce Historical Museum, Cayce
  6:00 pm
• Homecoming Dance
  A.C. Flora High Columbia, SC 29201
  6:30 pm

Sunday September 27

• Braiding 101 Class →
  1440 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce
  10:00 am

Monday September 28

• Fall Book Fair
  Springdale Elementary, 361 Wattling Rd, West Columbia
  8:00 am
• Volleyball @ Carver-Edisto
  Pine Ridge Middle School West Columbia, SC 29172
  6:00 pm
• Listening and Learning Session
  Zion Mill Creek Baptist Church, 97 Mill Creek Pkwy, Columbia
  6:00 pm

Tuesday September 29

• Strom Thurmond Girls JV Volleyball @ Pelion →
  Pelion High School, 600 Lydia Dr, Pelion
  5:30 pm
• Fulmer Volleyball Game @ Home vs. William J. Clark
  R. H. Fulmer Middle School, 1614 Walterboro St, West Columbia
  6:00 pm

Wednesday September 30

• Volleyball Home vs. WJ Clark
  Pine Ridge Middle School West Columbia, SC 29172
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 1

• Football vs. Clark
  Pine Ridge Middle School West Columbia, SC 29172
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Any bodyshops around that won’t cost an arm and leg.
  I need to replace 2 kicker plates on a ram 1500. I have a very limited budget. (Nextdoor Rolling Acres)
• I need a small section of a 4’ tall chain link fence replaced.
  Total of about a 3 feet section. If you are interested, please call Frank at (803) 404-1007, or PM your contact information. Thanks (Nextdoor Gaston)

• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for maintenance mechanic sr, 2nd shift in Gaston. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Kitchen/Cook in Cayce. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gaston here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Cayce

• Intern - Operations Planning — Dominion Energy (energynews.pro)
• Restaurant Week returns to the Midlands October 8-18 (whosonthemove.com)
• Senior Network Engineer — Dominion Energy (energynews.pro)

West Columbia

• ‘Dutch' invasion continues: New coffee shop coming to busy West Columbia area (thestate.com)
• Friendships, connections take flight in Airport High's Wing Mate Club (lexingtonchronicle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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