🌱 Values In Prevention (VIP) Camp and 11 more events

Good day Franconia! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Purcellville Wine and Food Festival at Fireman's Field Complex, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA, 20132

Today's riddle: What do you get when you mix a broccoli and a melon? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Nice with periods of sun, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 84, low: 64.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Franconia

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday July 18

• Purcellville Wine and Food Festival →
  Fireman's Field Complex, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA, 20132,
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Franconia Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday July 13

• Values In Prevention (VIP) Camp
  Whitman Middle School Whitman Middle
  8:00 am
• City Council Action Meeting
  Falls Church City Council Meetings City Hall > Council Chambers/Court Room - 300 Park Ave. Main Level
  7:30 pm

Tuesday July 14

• Baby and Toddler Time w/Kofi Dennis
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area
  11:00 am

Wednesday July 15

• Just Babies
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area
  11:00 am
• History Talk - Military Gold: Army Athletes on the World Stage →
  National Museum of the United States Army, 1775 Liberty Dr, Fort Belvoir
  12:00 pm
• Painternoon
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Second Floor
  3:00 pm
• BAR C Ranch
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Youth Services Area
  3:00 pm
• CES Summer Cookout & Open Library
  Centreville Elementary School Centreville Elementary
  4:00 pm
• Josh Allen Acoustic Duo at Pete's Tavern →
  Pete's Tavern, 6531 Backlick Rd, Springfield
  6:30 pm
• From Art to Advocacy
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Second Floor
  6:30 pm

Thursday July 16

• Outdoor Play
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Outdoors
  10:30 am
• Carefull Knit & Crochet
  Kate Waller Barrett Library Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library -
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Springfield

• TSA Plans Sole-Source Award for Credentialing Management Support (idtechwire.com)
• Driver heading wrong way crashes into state trooper's vehicle on I-395 (ffxnow.com)
• Volunteering through videography (fairfaxtimes.com)

Fort Belvoir

• Sec War to the rescue, AGAIN, after Natl Guardsmen suspended for July 4th beach flyover (bizpacreview.com)

Annandale

• Fairfax police rescue child partially hanging out of apartment window (fox5dc.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The saddest vegetable known to man: a melonccoli. (Thank you Francie H. for sending it in!)
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