🌱 How Volunteer’s road win in Rutledge shook up conference standings

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In today's newsletter:

• How Volunteer’s road win in Rutledge shook up conference standings

Also on today's calendar: Grainger's Green Jubilee.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 56 degrees.
• Saturday: Very warm; breezy in the a.m., temps: high: 84, low: 47.
• Sunday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 65 and low of 39 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ROUND-UP (4/14): Lady Cyclones Hand Hardin 500th Career Win on Senior Night; Lady ‘Toppers Meeks Beats West Ridge For Second Straight Night; Volunteer, Greeneville Stay Stop Twin… (tricitiessports.com) — Rutledge hosted a key Twin Lakes Valley Conference softball matchup where Volunteer topped Grainger 5–2, with pitcher Emily Walker and slugger Maddie Holder leading the way. The roundup also recaps several other Northeast Tennessee high school softball games and standout performances from Elizabethton to Greeneville and Johnson City.
   

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📸 Around Rutledge

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rutledge

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Grainger's Green Jubilee - GRAINGER COUNTY — 10 Years Promoting the Cumberland Gap Region
  Rutledge Elementary School, 7480 Rutledge Pike, Rutledge
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Grainger's Green Jubilee
  Rutledge Elementary School , 7480 Rutledge Pike , Rutledge
  9:00 am

Thursday April 30

• Nursing Celebration of Excellence
  Maddox Student Activities Center , 2142 Branner Ave , Jefferson City
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Friends of Lynden Library Book Sale In-Person
  Lynden Meeting Room , Lynden
  12:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Live Free-Claiborne’s Freedom Run
  Live Free - Claiborne , 1216 Cedar Fork Rd , Tazewell
  9:00 am
• Live Free – Claiborne’s Freedom Run
  Live Free - Claiborne , 1216 Cedar Fork Rd , Tazewell
  9:00 am

Sunday April 19

• Sicilian fare
  Spout Spring Estates Winery and Vineyard , 430 Riddle Ln , Blaine
  5:30 pm

Monday April 20

• Morristown Hamblen West Trojans vs West Ridge Wolves
  Morristown-Hamblen West High School , 1 Trojan Trl , Morristown
  5:30 pm

Friday April 24

• Sell your camera gear (free event) at Camera Castle
  Camera Castle , 201 E Main St , Morristown
  10:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Art and Wine Festival - CLAIBORNE COUNTY — 10 Years Promoting the Cumberland Gap Region
  Cumberland Gap Artists Cooperative , 521 Colwyn St , Cumberland Gap
  10:00 am

Tuesday April 28

• LMU Jazz Band Concert
  Duke Hall of Citizenship , 144 Burchett Dr , Harrogate
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Morristown Hamblen West Trojans vs Dobyns-Bennett Indians
  Morristown-Hamblen West High School , 1 Trojan Trl , Morristown
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Jefferson City. Apply here.
• Community Health Systems posted a job opening for Admitting Clerk in Jefferson City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rutledge here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Jefferson City

• Two students injured in Jefferson City school bus crash (tncontentexchange.com)
• NRN Ferguson vs. Ferguson (citizentribune.com)
• Aldeena (Deena) Fraker Estes (standardbanner.com)

Tazewell

• 2114 Powell River Rd #2, Tazewell, TN 37879 (citizentribune.com)
• Getting older isn't that bad (claiborneprogress.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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