🌱 How free English classes boosted a Sterling Giant worker into management.

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In today's newsletter:

• How free English classes boosted a Sterling Giant worker into management.
• Why ICE is targeting a suspect tied to Park View overdoses.

Also on today's calendar: 82nd Waterford Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mainly cloudy, temps: high: 81, low: 61.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• 'If I could do it, you can do it too': Giant Food's free English classes help employees move up (wtop.com) — A young deli worker at the Giant Food in Town Center at Sterling has quickly risen to run the department after taking the company's free English classes. The program, launched with help from Loudoun Literacy Council, offers small-group lessons that have already led to numerous promotions and stronger customer service at local stores.
   

• ICE seeks to deport man linked to Virginia high school overdoses (fox5dc.com) — Loudoun County authorities and ICE are moving to deport a man accused of selling fentanyl linked to student overdoses at Park View High School in Sterling. Officials say he'd previously been ordered removed and was encountered in Sterling in 2024, and now faces both local drug charges and federal immigration action tied to the school-related case.
   

📸 Around Sterling

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sterling

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• 82nd Waterford Fair →
  Waterford Foundation, 40222 Fairfax St, Waterford
  10:00 am
Sunday October 4
• LC3' Pints 4 Paws Celebration and Fundraiser for Community Cats →
  Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, 42245 Black Hops Ln, Leesburg
  12:00 pm
• Get Ready for an Extraordinary Afternoon of Music with the U.S. Army Chorus! →
  St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, 6720 Union Mill Rd, Clifton
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Marian Homes, Inc. 2026 Casino Night Gala →
  The Tower Club Tysons, 8000 Towers Crescent Dr, Vienna
  7:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Loudoun Elks Scholarship Golf Tournament →
  Herndon Centennial Golf Course, 909 Ferndale Ave, Herndon
  7:30 am

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Other local events

Tuesday September 29
• Community Dinner STERLING →
  Sterling Community Center, 120 Enterprise Street, Sterling
  6:30 pm
• Community Dinner →
  Sterling Community Center, 120 Enterprise Street, Sterling
  6:30 pm
• Route 15 Lucketts Bypass Public Meeting on Mini-Bypass Concept →
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Early Voting at the Office of Elections →
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar Leesburg, VA 20175
  8:30 am
Sunday October 4
• Blessing of the Pets →
  Algonkian Regional Park, 47001 Fairway Dr, Sterling
  4:00 pm
Friday October 16
• 2026 Loudoun Elks Scholarship Golf Tournament →
  8:00 am
Saturday October 17
• 7th Annual Live4Lane Memorial 5K & Resource Fair →
  Lowes Island Community Center, 47620 Saulty Dr, Sterling
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

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• Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1009) in Sterling. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Ashburn to Welcome Fast Growing Fast-Casual Juggernaut (whatnow.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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