🌱 How a 1% tax could finally modernize Fort Chiswell schools

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• How a 1% tax could finally modernize Fort Chiswell schools

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cool with periods of rain, with a high of 58 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 68, low: 41.
• Saturday: Sunny and delightful, with a high of 72 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Voters in Pulaski, Wythe and Giles counties will decide on a 1% school sales tax in November (wsls.com) — Fort Chiswell families could see long-awaited school renovations if voters in Wythe, Pulaski, and Giles counties approve a 1% sales tax for school construction this November. Local leaders say Fort Chiswell High and other aging schools urgently need HVAC upgrades, safety improvements, and major repairs, and emphasize that visitors would shoulder a large share of the tax burden.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 25
• TASTE OF THE SMOKIES- A Dolly Parton Tribute Wine Dinner →
  Petals Wine Bar, 160 Tazewell Street, Wytheville
• Taste of the Smokies: A Dolly Parton Tribute Wine Dinner →
  Petals Wine Bar, 160 Tazewell Street, Wytheville
• Open Door Food Pantry →
  Open Door Cafe, 650 West Main Street, Wytheville
  10:00 am
• Cave Spring Varsity Football @ Pulaski County →
  Pulaski County High School, 5414 Cougar Trail Rd, Dublin
  7:00 pm
• Hyssongs in Concert →
  Pulaski VA
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Household Hazardous Waste Day →
  JPSA Transfer Station, 169 Kents Lane, Wytheville
  8:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Healing Through the Savior, Adiction Recovery Program →
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1136 Fort Chiswell Road, Max Meadows
Monday September 28
• Board of Directors Meeting →
  Mount Rogers Admin, 770 West Ridge Road, Wytheville
  1:00 pm
• Football Flag (2nd/3rd Grade)Bland County (BC) (Home) vs Wytheville Silver (WS)Field →
  Bland County Sports Complex Field, Bland
  6:00 pm
• [CCPL] Adult Book Club →
  Carroll County Public Library, 101 Beaver Dam Rd, Hillsville
  6:00 pm
• Board of Supervisors Joint Meeting with the Planning Commission →
  EOC Conference Room, 290 South Sixth Street, Wytheville
  6:00 pm
• Football - Flag (2nd/3rd Grade) →
  Bland County Sports Complex Field, Bland
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Wytheville

• Ghazala Hashmi Opens Fall Literature Series at Wytheville (southasianherald.com)
• Dorothy E. Wallis, 86 (missourivalleytimes.com)
• Bobcats Acquire (oursportscentral.com)

Pulaski

• Calfee Center Launches Free 'Tech & Learn' Series with Virginia Tech (pcpatriot.com)
• Council Interviews Finalists for Vacant Seat (pcpatriot.com)
• Robert Edward Roark (pcpatriot.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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