Community Corner
🌱 Filling Bowls from Farm to Table and 10 more events
Also check out Fries Town Market on the Ivanhoe Patch calendar
Hello Ivanhoe! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Fries Town Market at Fries Community Center
- Filling Bowls from Farm to Table at Open Door Café
Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.
- Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
- Saturday: Sun and some clouds, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
📸 Around Ivanhoe
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ivanhoe
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★ Featured events ★
- Fries Town Market →
Fries Community Center, 316 W Main St, Fries
9:00 am
Saturday August 29
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Other local events
- Filling Bowls from Farm to Table →
Open Door Café, 650 W Main St, Wytheville
5:00 pm
Saturday August 29
📣 Ivanhoe Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- MS VB vs Fort
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4:30 pm - EL Back to School Night-Cafeteria
Galax High Galax, VA 24333
5:30 pm - VFB vs Craig
Galax High Galax, VA 24333
7:00 pm - Rural Retreat Varsity Football @ Fort Chiswell →
Fort Chiswell High School, 1 Pioneer Trl, Max Meadows
7:00 pm - The Sensational 70's →
Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre, 170 Malin Dr, Wytheville
7:30 pm - XC @ Blacksburg
Galax High Galax, VA 24333
8:30 am - MS XC @ Blacksburg
Galax Middle Galax, VA 24333
8:30 am - Golf @ Bland
Galax High Galax, VA 24333
4:00 pm - VB vs E Mont
Galax High Galax, VA 24333
5:30 pm - MS FB vs Bland
Galax Middle Galax, VA 24333
6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Saturday August 29
Monday August 31
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Food City Supermarket posted a job opening for Front End Manager in Wytheville. Apply here.
- Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member in Hillsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ivanhoe here.
🗞 Nearby News
Wytheville
- Bobcats sign Belarusian defenseman Yuri Karatay (morganton.com)
Galax
- Glade Creek crews aid Sparta firefighters in major Main Street blaze overnight (abc45.com)
- Here are the SOL reading and math scores for ABC13's viewing area (wset.com)
Pulaski
- High School Football: Horlick scores 45 straight points in dominant win at Milwaukee Pulaski Co-op (racinecountyeye.com)
- Radford U., Pulaski County explore solutions for better health in SWVA (radfordnewsjournal.com)
- $5 million middle school intersection project approved (pcpatriot.com)
Ok Ivanhoe! 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 jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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