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🌱 How a Gate City recycling yard became key in a cemetery theft case
Happening soon: Shoemaker Elementary Outreach on the Gate City Patch calendar
Good morning Gate City! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Gate City recycling yard became key in a cemetery theft case
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 85, low: 64.
- Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 137 vases stolen from Tennessee, Virginia cemeteries recovered by police (wate.com) — Investigators traced a major cemetery theft case to a recycling yard in Gate City, where 131 stolen bronze vases were recovered and the business owner was arrested. The vases, taken from graves in Northeast Tennessee and Scott County, Virginia, represent only about a third of what's missing. Families affected are urged to contact Sullivan County authorities to help match recovered vases to loved ones' gravesites. 
📸 Around Gate City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gate City
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- Shoemaker Elementary Outreach
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251 - Headstart Outreach
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251 - Trailblazers
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251 - Coffee Connection
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251 - College and Career Fair
Scott County Career and Technical Center SCCTC Auditorium
9:00 am - Baby Sprouts
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251 - Little Pines Class 1
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251 - Little Pines Class 2
Scott County Public Library 297 West Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251
Thursday August 27
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
📣 Gate City Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Lee High Generals vs Rye Cove Eagles →
Rye Cove High School, 164 Eagles Nest Ln, Duffield
5:30 pm - Town Council Workshop Meeting →
TOWN HALL, 505 E 5th St S, Big Stone Gap
6:30 pm - Board of Supervisors →
Scott County, VA Calendar, 190 Beech Street, Gate City
9:00 am - Live Music at Lays Hardware | Coeburn, Va →
Lay's Hardware Center for the Arts, 409 Front St E, Coeburn
6:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Friday September 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Customer Service Position Available in Coeburn. Apply here.
- The University of Virginia posted a job opening for TEMP Housekeeping (Wage) in Wise. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gate City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Big Stone Gap
- Ex-officer gets year in prison for attack (pilotonline.com)
Bristol
- Bristol is now home to a new Construction Trades School (pcpatriot.com)
- Virginia State Police, Bristol PD arrest man following barricade, fatal shooting (pcpatriot.com)
- Bristol man arrested with drugs after wrong-way chase: Police (darientimes.com)
Ok Gate 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: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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