🌱 Whitney Cummings and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Garrison Starr at The Spot on Kirk
• The Great Boones Mill Coffin Race
• Whitney Cummings at Berglund Center

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Some rain in the p.m.; cooler, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 69, low: 61.
• Monday: A shower in the a.m.; breezy, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.

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📸 Around Boones Mill

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Boones Mill

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 16

• Garrison Starr →
  The Spot on Kirk, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 31

• The Great Boones Mill Coffin Race →
  Boones Mill VA

Saturday November 7

• Whitney Cummings →
  Berglund Center, 710 Williamson Rd NE, Roanoke
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 10

• Doggie Dash 5k →
  Rocky Mount VA
  8:00 am
• Rocky Mount Farmers Market →
  Rocky Mount Farmers Market, 435 Franklin Street, Rocky Mount
  9:00 am
• Michael Franti →
  The Coves at Smith Mountain Lake, 301 Ivy Ln, Union Hall
  5:00 pm

Sunday October 11

• Robert Iuppa Tournament →
  Willow Creek Country Club, 10500 Virgil H Goode Hwy, Rocky Mount
  10:00 am

Tuesday October 13

• Board of Supervisors Meeting →
  Roanoke County, VA Calendar, 5204 Bernard Drive SW First Floor, Roanoke
  2:00 pm

Thursday October 15

• Gifted Game Night
  Rocky Mount Elementary Rocky Mount, VA 24151
  5:00 pm
• JOHNNYSWIM in Rocky Mount, VA →
  Harvester Performance Center, 450 Franklin St, Rocky Mount
  8:00 pm

Saturday October 17

• The Steel Wheels →
  Harvester Performance Center, 450 Franklin St, Rocky Mount
  8:00 pm

Sunday October 18

• Mixed Couples →
  Willow Creek Country Club, 10500 Virgil H Goode Hwy, Rocky Mount
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Rocky Mount. Apply here.
• ProAmpac Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Shipping and Receiving Associate in Rocky Mount. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boones Mill here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Rocky Mount

• Rocky Mount officials and legislators disagree over funding for neighborhood, sometimes blocked by trains (wdbj7.com)

Roanoke

• Hispanic Heritage Month: Williamson Road in Roanoke is home to dozens of international businesses (wfxrtv.com)
• Empowering Roanoke families through Casa Latina (wfxrtv.com)
• State school quality profiles show Roanoke schools gain in school performance (roanoke.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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