🌱 How a Jefferson shop turned heartbreak into a 935-horsepower Corvette

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Jefferson shop turned heartbreak into a 935-horsepower Corvette

Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 88, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Corvette Dream: Check Out This 935hp C7 Z06 (lsxmag.com) — A Jefferson body and paint shop owner turned a catastrophic engine failure in his dream Corvette into an opportunity, rebuilding it into a 935-horsepower monster with help from friends and specialty shops. Local readers will appreciate how a hometown craftsman’s skills, persistence, and community ties transformed a broken car into a standout performance machine that now lives right in Jefferson.
   

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📸 Around Jefferson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Jefferson

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Monday July 27

• JCHS Open House - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
  Jackson County High School Jefferson, GA 30549
  5:00 pm

Tuesday July 28

• Jefferson Farmers Market →
  Jefferson, GA Calendar Jefferson, GA 30549-1403
  3:30 pm
• Downtown Development Authority →
  Jefferson, GA Calendar, Jefferson Station 1000 Washington Street, Jefferson
  6:00 pm

Monday August 3

• Jefferson-Talmo Planning Commission Meeting →
  Jefferson, GA Calendar, 1000 Washington Street, Jefferson
  6:00 pm

Tuesday August 4

• Ribbon Cutting Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton
  Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce 1400 River Place Braselton, GA 30517
  10:15 am
• Jefferson Farmers Market →
  Jefferson, GA Calendar Jefferson, GA 30549-1403
  3:30 pm
• JCHS JV Softball
  Jackson County High School
  4:30 pm
• JCHS Varsity Volleyball
  Jackson County High School Duluth High School
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday July 25

• Suga Fest: Suga Overload →
  Braselton Town Green, 9924 Davis St, Braselton
  1:00 pm
• Braselton Broadway Rave →
  Braselton Civic Center, 27 E Lake Dr, Braselton
  7:00 pm
• Die Laughing Comedy @ Blue Door ( Gainesville, GA ) →
  Blue Door, 107 Bradford St NE, Gainesville
  8:00 pm

Monday July 27

• Pre-Planning
  Commerce City Commerce, GA 30529

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Amazon posted a job opening for Process Assistant, OGA9 in Jefferson. Apply here.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Jefferson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jefferson here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Commerce

• Mothers touched by nitrous oxide addiction bring fight to Congress as House ban proposal gets first hearing (walb.com)
• Meadows Surgical Arts Becomes Aesthetic Arts, A Rebrand Rooted in Artistic Vision for Whole-Person Care (businesswire.com)

Hoschton

• Duo made $1.7M selling over 6 million fake USPS stamps, feds allege (kansas.com)
• Strickland signs with Kennesaw State (lakeoconeenews.us)

Winder

• Teen pleads guilty to murder in Apalachee High School shooting (thestate.com)
• Expert warns measles may be first of many illnesses to surge (cnn.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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