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Five Things to Know Today, Oct. 14

Look for Stone Mountain Village in the 'Footloose' remake, out today; what DeKalb County is feeding your kids for lunch, and more

Today on Patch: Starting at 5:55 a.m, tell us who you think is the best high school football team in DeKalb; at 8 a.m., find out the dates of the upcoming community meetings for the proposed Walmart at N. Hairston Road and Memorial Drive; Meet the Owner of Baron’s in Stone Mountain Village at noon.

The Stone Mountain-‘Footloose’ connection: Parts of the remake of ‘Footloose,' which opens today, were filmed in Stone Mountain Village. If you go, see if some familiar landmarks appear onscreen.

'Footloose' showtimes at theaters in and near Stone Mountain today:

  • Stone Mountain Festival 6: 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.;
  • AMC Theaters, Mall at Stonecrest, Lithonia: 10:35 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 10 p.m.
  • Frank Theaters, Covington Square 8, Lithonia: 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10 p.m.

What’s for lunch?: Entree choices for DeKalb County elementary students are hamburger or con queso quesadilla with salsa;  middle school students have the additional choice of a chicken corn dog; and high school kids can choose from all those options plus fish and shrimp platter with whole grain roll.

The weather:  Looking good again: high of 76, low of 50. Chance of rain, 10 percent.

Cheapest gas: Top three places to buy cheap gas in Stone Mountain as reported to Georgiagasprices.com over the last 36 hours (last checked at 12:37 a.m. Friday; prices subject to change without notice):

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  • $3.15, , 1227 Rockbridge Rd;
  • $3.25, , 965 N. Hairston Rd. near Fellsridge Dr.;
  • $3.27, 1535 Lilburn-Stone Mountain Rd. and Hugh Howell Road.


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