🌱 High Altitudes and High Stakes: A Miss Marple Mystery with Lucy Foley and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 82, low: 61.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• High Altitudes and High Stakes: A Miss Marple Mystery with Lucy Foley →
  Radford, VA Calendar Radford, VA 24141
  2:00 pm
• MC Speed Networking Social - August 2026
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 105
  4:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Last Call Before Football at the University Club of Virginia Tech! →
  Lane Stadium, 185 Beamer Way, Blacksburg
  5:00 pm
• Last Call Before Football →
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce University Club of Virginia Tech
  5:00 pm
• Pulaski County Cougars vs Northside Vikings →
  Pulaski County High School, 5414 Cougar Trail Rd, Dublin
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• ReNew the New →
  Radford, VA Calendar Radford, VA 24141
  8:30 am
• Makenzie Phipps →
  Mountain 2 Island at the Rock House Marina, 3776 Rock House Rd, Pulaski
  5:00 pm
Monday August 31
• CANCELED - Red Cross Blood Drive →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  1:00 pm
• Family Book Club: The Eyes and the Impossible →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W. Main St, Radford
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Women of Vision
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 1540 South Main St, Ste 110, Blacksburg, VA Located at First & Main
  9:30 am
• MC Business 101 Financial Foundations: Session 2
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St Suite B Christiansburg
  12:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Staunton River Girls JV Volleyball @ Pulaski County →
  Pulaski County High School, 5414 Cougar Trail Rd, Dublin
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Narrows

• Blankenship, James William (nrvnews.com)
• Rockets have a home golf match today at Hanging Rock (newcastlerecord.com)

Pearisburg

• Delegate supports federal efforts for English proficiency for CDL drivers (montcova.com)
• 11 Virginia Mountain Towns That Still Feel Like The 1950s (myfamilytravels.com)

Dublin

• New Guide Offers Pet Safety Tips for Truck Drivers (truckinginfo.com)

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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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