School Ribbon Cutting, Week in Weather and 'Cotton Patch Gospel'

The Barrow County School System will hold a ribbon cutting for its new Bear Creek Middle School at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The school is at 228 Jefferson St. in Statham. A board of education work session meeting will follow at 6 p.m. at the school. Call the central office for more information at 770-867-4527. 
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Here's your weather forecast for this week, courtesy of the National Weather Service: 

• Monday — Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west about 5 mph in the afternoon.
• Tuesday — A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. North wind about 5 mph becoming calm.
• Wednesday — Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. 
• Thursday — A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.
• Friday — A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

• July 29 — National Lasagna Day
• July 30 — National Cheesecake Day
• July 31 — Mutt's Day
• Aug. 1 — National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
• Aug. 2 — National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
• Aug. 3 — National Watermelon Day