🌱 Patch AM: Toddler Time and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Toddler Time at Maude P Ragsdale Pub Library
• East Paulding Raiders vs North Paulding Wolfpack
• Is Fear Holding You Back? at Villa Rica Public Library

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 42 degrees.
• Thursday: An afternoon shower or two, temps: high: 58, low: 37.
• Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 46 and low of 27 degrees.

📸 Around Dallas

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dallas

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• XC Dallas Women's Networking Luncheon
  Homes For Sale Team, 42 Pine Way, Dallas
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Toddler Time
  Maude P Ragsdale Pub Library , 1815 Hiram Douglasville Hwy , Hiram
  11:30 am
• East Paulding Raiders vs North Paulding Wolfpack
  East Paulding High School , 3320 E Paulding Dr , Dallas
  4:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Is Fear Holding You Back?
  Villa Rica Public Library , 869 Dallas Hwy , Villa Rica
  10:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Pickett's Meals: Fourth Day of Christmas
  Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site , 4432 Mount Tabor Church Road , Dallas
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Austell Networking
  Studio 270 - Photography Studio Rental , 5000 Austell Powder Springs Rd Suite 270 , Austell
  10:00 am
• Bridge to Better
  Reflections of Trinity , 4037 Austell Powder Springs Rd SW , Powder Springs
  11:00 am
• Tween Scene
  Maude P Ragsdale Pub Library , 1815 Hiram Douglasville Hwy , Hiram
  5:00 pm
• Light Up Main Christmas Golf Cart Parade
  Cauble Park , 4425 Beach St , Acworth
  6:00 pm
• Christmas Open Studio
  Painting with a Twist , 9453 GA-5 , Douglasville
  7:00 pm
• Wednesday 10v10 game.
  Tramore Park , 2150 East-West Connector , Austell
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Darrell & Dawn Ritchie
  Varenita of West Cobb , 1979 Mars Hill Rd , Acworth
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lost puppy birchfield cul-de-sac just barking black with white on belly and pink collar...
  she looks like shes looking for he family please come get her (Nextdoor Legacy Pointe)
• Just had a man knock on my door take pictures and walk away before I could answer.
  Anybody else? No company shirt and plain white van Edit: Thank you for everyone’s help. Reporting to non emergency line re watching video he tried… (Nextdoor Davis Mill)

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Dallas. Apply here.
• Chase Professionals posted a job opening for Shipping clerk with BOL experience in Hiram. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dallas here.

🗞 Nearby News

Powder Springs

• Execution halted for Georgia man convicted in Powder Springs killings (fox5atlanta.com)
• Blue Thanksgiving gala raises funds to help officers in crisis (fox5atlanta.com)
• Virginia Tech targeting Georgia Tech's Norval McKenzie as new RB coach (gobblercountry.com)

Austell

• Cobb Chamber names Derek Caffe and Jason Gaines as 2025 citizens of the year (businessdailynetwork.com)
• Owls Announce 2026-27 Fall Signing Class (ksuowls.com)
• Man, 57, dies in custody at Cobb County Adult Detention Center (fox5atlanta.com)

Ok Dallas! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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