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Barrow Today for Wednesday, June 13: Spend 'An Evening with the Candidates'

A forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. today at the Colleen O. Williams Theater.

The will host “An Evening with the Candidates” beginning at 6:30 p.m. today at the Colleen O. Williams Theater inside the .

Republican candidates for the county commission races for District 1, District 2 and District 3 have been invited to attend and answer questions from the chamber’s Governmental Affairs Committee.  Also, Republican candidates for the Barrow County Board of Education's District 8 seat have been invited, as well as candidates for chief magistrate of Barrow County.

to view candidates that have qualified to run for office in their respective political party's general primary election July 31 and check out the . 
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Today's forecast: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. North wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. 
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Tonight's forecast: Partly cloudy, with a low about 67. Northeast wind about 5 mph becoming calm.
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This date, June 13, celebrates the invention of the sewing machine. Check out the history behind this invention

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According to a report from The Inquisitr, the Pentagon has made a $1.3 million investment in the future of unmanned sewing machines, a project is intended to help the garment industry manufacture clothing and other items without the need for assembly line workers. Check out full information on the contract awarded to technology firm Softwear Automation to create a “numerically controlled sewing machine” capable of counting threads in fabric and then shifting each piece of garment automatically as stitches are applied via computer program.

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