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🌱 Patch AM: How Dale City Rec Center is helping launch boys volleyball careers
Be sure to catch Fridays at 5 FREE Concert Series on the Dale City Patch calendar
Good morning Dale City! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Dale City Rec Center is helping launch boys volleyball careers
Also on today's calendar: Fridays at 5 FREE Concert Series and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.
- Saturday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
- Sunday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Spiking interest: High school boys volleyball comes to Prince William (insidenova.com) — High school boys volleyball is launching across Prince William County this fall, and one Forest Park senior has been sharpening his skills at the Dale City Rec Center's open sessions. With mostly first-time players, new boys teams at Forest Park, Colgan, and other county schools are learning the game together, backed by county funding for their inaugural season and coaches eager to build competitive programs. 
📸 Around Dale City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dale City
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★ Featured events ★
- Fridays at 5 FREE Concert Series →
Sean T. Connaughton Plaza, 1 County Complex Ct, Woodbridge
9:00 am - Brooke Point High Dance & Football Team's Back To School Bash & Craft Fair →
Brooke Point High School, 1700 Courthouse Rd, Stafford
10:00 am - Ccom Summer Fest →
Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 9919 Kingston Pike, Knoxville
12:00 pm - Woodbridge Community Choir Celebrates 60 Years! New Members Welcome Open Rehearsal →
15008 Cloverdale Rd, Dale City
7:30 pm - 9th Annual Gene Montague Memorial 5K →
Occoquan Regional Park, 9751 Ox Rd, Lorton
8:30 am
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Monday August 31
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Family Story Time →
Dale City Library, 4249 Dale Blvd, Dale City
10:30 am
Wednesday August 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Underclassman Picture Day
Osbourn High School Manassas, VA 20108
8:20 am - Digital Preservation Workshop
Prince William Public Library System Montclair Library - Montclair Community Room
10:00 am - Prince William Model Railroad Traveling Train Show
Prince William Public Library System Potomac Library - Potomac Community Room
10:00 am - Mobile Library at Woodbridge Senior Center
Prince William Public Library System Mobile Library -
10:00 am - Library of Virginia's Revolutionary War Records
Prince William Public Library System Central Library -
11:00 am - Make It Friday
Prince William Public Library System Bull Run Library - Hive 8051 Makerspace
11:00 am - Mobile Library at Potomac Place Assisted Living
Prince William Public Library System Mobile Library -
11:15 am - Family Story Time
Prince William Public Library System Central Library -
10:30 am - Knightly Knits and Crafty Crochets
Prince William Public Library System Independent Hill Library -
10:30 am - ASL Conversation Group
Prince William Public Library System Independent Hill Library -
12:00 pm - Book Bedazzle
Prince William Public Library System Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Communi
1:00 pm
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
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Ok Dale City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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