🌱 Patch AM: Why a Buford UGA student says NASCAR Night might hook him on hockey

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• Why a Buford UGA student says NASCAR Night might hook him on hockey

Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Monday: Sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 34 degrees.
• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 58, low: 39.
• Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 55 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NASCAR drivers make pit stop at Rock Lobsters game (atlantanewsfirst.com) — A University of Georgia student from Buford was among the packed crowd in Athens as nine NASCAR drivers headlined “NASCAR Night” at an Athens Rock Lobsters hockey game. The drivers signed autographs, posed for photos, and may have helped turn Buford’s Trent Jones into a new hockey fan as the Lobsters edged the Pee Dee IceCats 6–5.
   

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Tuesday January 13

• Zaxby's Spirit Night
  Zaxby's Buford, GA 30519
  4:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

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  White Oak Elementary School Buford, GA 30518
  8:30 am
• Science Fair Family Expo
  White Oak Media Center Buford, GA 30518
  5:30 pm

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Tuesday January 13

• 2026 GAR Contracts (3-hr Live CE Class - Flowery Branch, GA) - McKinley Homes & South State Bank
  Clark Farms , 6803 Spout Springs Rd , Flowery Branch
  11:00 am
• JVB-BBALL (Home) vs Madison Co.
  Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
  4:30 pm
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  Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
  6:00 pm
• VB-BBALL (Home) vs Madison Co.
  Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
  7:30 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Science Fair
  White Oak Elementary School Buford, GA 30518
  8:30 am
• FUTURE FALCONS NIGHT
  Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
  5:30 pm
• Science Fair Family Expo
  White Oak Media Center Buford, GA 30518
  5:30 pm
• G-WRESTLING (HOME) vs Cherokee Bluff
  Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
  6:00 pm
• V-WRESTLING (HOME) vs Cherokee Bluff
  Flowery Branch High School , 4450 Hog Mountain Rd , Flowery Branch
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• Holly Springs Road is closed in both directions between Three Bridges Road and Campbell Road due to a crash involving a vehicle and a power pole, with one lane now open and Jackson EMC crews on the scene.
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