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🌱 How a Hephzibah High star balances books, basketball, and big dreams
And on the Hephzibah Patch calendar - No Cure, Fromjoy, Surfaced

Greetings Hephzibah! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Hephzibah High star balances books, basketball, and big dreams
Also on today's calendar: Sip & Pour Experience - An Intentional Pour and 3 more events.
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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Hephzibahfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Thursday: A couple of showers, with a high of 61 and low of 53 degrees.
- Friday: Windy in the morning, temps: high: 61, low: 30.
- Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 62 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• From track to classroom: Justus Mays named A+ Athlete (wfxg.com) — A Hephzibah High School standout is being celebrated for excelling in both academics and athletics, including helping Hephzibah win a regional track title. Justus Mays maintains a strong GPA, earns basketball honors, and pursues welding as he works toward becoming a civil engineer, while competing for a year-end scholarship from FOX54’s A+ Athlete program.
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📸 Around Hephzibah
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hephzibah
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★ Featured events ★
- No Cure, Fromjoy, Surfaced
Grantski Records, 1151 Broad St, Augusta
6:00 pm
Friday December 19
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Other local events
- Sip & Pour Experience - An Intentional Pour
Create Space , 102 2nd Ave , Grovetown
7:00 pm - Trivia Night
Top Dawg Tavern - Augusta, GA , 2821 Washington Rd , Augusta
7:00 pm - DCCM drive thru food distribution
736 Greene St , Augusta
3:00 pm - Holiday Soiree
Marion Hatcher Center - Historic Event Venue in Augusta, GA , 519 Greene St , Augusta
6:00 pm - Quilting Circle
Diamond Lakes Library , 101 Diamond Lakes Way , Hephzibah
1:00 pm
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Wednesday December 24
📣 Hephzibah Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Charter Review Committee Meeting
Augusta Calendar , 535 Telfair St Lee N. Beard Commission Chamber , Augusta
10:00 am - Augusta University Men's Basketball vs Reinhardt University - Columbia County Education Day
Christenberry Fieldhouse , 3109 Wrightsboro Rd , Augusta
11:00 am - Eisenhower Lakes Golf Club Youth on Course
Eisenhower Lakes Golf Club , 537 North Range Road , Fort Eisenhower
12:00 pm - Charter Review Committee Work Session
Augusta Calendar , 535 Telfair St Room 492 Augusta Municipal Building , Augusta
1:30 pm - Let's Do It
Friedman Branch Library , 1447 Jackson Rd , Augusta
2:00 pm - PTO Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
McBean Elementary School Hephzibah, GA 30815
5:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Went missing around 8am this morning, her name is Stella she will have the same collar on ..
posting for a neighbor if seen call +1 (706) 564-1583 (Nextdoor Southampton) - Taxidermist?
I have a small mole and a small bluebird. I would like them preserved to display in our homeschool. I currently have them in the freezer and would… (Nextdoor Hancock Mill)
- McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Shift Manager Trainee McDonald's in Hephzibah. Apply here.
- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Hephzibah. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hephzibah here.
🗞 Nearby News
Augusta
- Augusta nonprofits unite to raise $200K for medical supply center (wjbf.com)
- Raids in Augusta, Grovetown target Youngins With Money street gang (augustachronicle.com)
- Augusta, GA Restaurants Open on Christmas Day (kicks99.com)
Grovetown
- Fish habitat and goat feed: Things to do with your trees after Christmas (augustachronicle.com)
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