🌱 Patch AM: Loop Around the Lake and 11 more events

Hi Monroe! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cloudy and very warm, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.
• Sunday: Warm with areas of low clouds, temps: high: 69, low: 57.
• Monday: Cooler; a few morning showers, with a high of 63 and low of 26 degrees.

📸 Around Monroe

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 27

• Loop Around the Lake
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am
• Survival Skills
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Rd , Rutledge
  1:00 pm
• Board Games
  Bogart Library , 200 S Burson Ave , Bogart
  2:00 pm
• Campfire S’mores and Stories
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  3:00 pm
• LuminaFit™ Glow Gala: The Ultimate Girls’ Night Out
  Ember and Ivy , 270 Main St , Loganville
  6:00 pm
• Jorge Torres-Torres presents “A Peculiar Noise” W/ Jim Willingham & Cocomokaze
  Flicker Theatre & Bar , 263 W Washington St , Athens
  7:00 pm
• Segar Jazz Affair concert #103 with TONY EXUM, Jr @ The Foundry (Athens, GA)
  The Foundry , 295 E Dougherty St , Athens
  7:00 pm
• Dueling Pianos in Winder!
  Finished Goods Brew Werks , 56 E Candler St , Winder
  7:00 pm
• Silent Disco
  The Root , 1235 S Milledge Ave , Athens
  10:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Toddler Fun Sunday
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  1:00 pm
• Gills, Pores, & Spore Prints: Mushrooms Identification Hike
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 S Broad St , Winder
  1:00 pm
• History Hike - Follow in the Steps of the CCC
  Hard Labor Creek State Park , 5 Hard Labor Creek Road , Rutledge
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please help me find my nephews dog.
  He ran away during a house fire and no one has seen him since. He’s very friendly and sweet. Thank you so much. (Nextdoor Jewel Ridge)
• Today is Christmas, and there’s something beautifully simple about this day.
  No matter how busy the season has been, today invites us to slow down, breathe, and appreciate the people and moments that truly matter. It’s a day… (Nextdoor Camp Lake)

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Monroe. Apply here.
• The Gap posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate - Monroe Pavillion in Monroe. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Monroe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Social Circle

• Basketball Game Preview: Eastside Eagles vs. Warren Central Dragons (maxpreps.com)
• Federal Plan Revealed to Detain 80,000 Immigrants in Warehouses (mundonow.com)

Loganville

• DL Joseph Mbatchou returning to Florida for his sophomore season (on3.com)

Winder

Ok Monroe! 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 have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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