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Airport, Music, Wear Your Colors

Here are 5 things you need to know in Kennesaw for August 25.

1. Another hot day is on tap for today in Kennesaw, according to the National Weather Service. It will be sunny, with a high near 94. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 68.

2. Atlanta Executive Jet Center is building four 25,000-square-foot hangars on a six-acre parcel of land at the Kennesaw airport. The expansion, which Cobb commissioners approved at their Aug. 24, 2010, meeting, will be completed in January and will cost the operator an additional $72,113 ground lease, paid to the county.  The Marietta Daily Journal reports that Atlanta Executive Jet Center provides services for private aircraft owners in Cobb County, Fortune 500 companies, celebrities or anyone at a corporate level that needs to fly in and out of metro Atlanta daily.

3. Kennesaw State University President Daniel S. Papp and Vaughn Williams, , will meet today at 1:30 p.m. with City of Kennesaw Mayor Mark Mathews, who will present the City of Kennesaw’s official proclamation designating Friday, Sept. 2, as College Colors Day in honor of the state’s third-largest university.

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The proclamation calls on citizens to show their Kennesaw State spirit by wearing their black and gold. College Colors Day is a national event, now entering its sixth year. It kicks off the fall semester’s intercollegiate athletics season and strives to advocate higher education through increased public awareness. The presentation will occur in the Presidents’ Board Room in Kennesaw Hall and the public is invited. Check back later on Kennesaw Patch for coverage of the event.

4. The FREE popular open-air concert series in 2011 will feature the band "Toulouse Street" on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the The concert is in conjunction with the annual "Pigs and Peaches" BBQ Festival this weekend. Visit www.kennesaw-ga.gov/pkrec for more information on the concert and festival.

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5. As millions on the east coast of the U.S. watch Hurricane Irene today, we are reminded that, on this date in 1915, an unnamed hurricane killed 275 people in Galveston, Texas, with $50 million damage. The National Weather Service didn't start naming hurricanes until 1953.

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