🌱 Can Strasburg volleyball upset top-ranked Sherando to start the season?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Strasburg volleyball upset top-ranked Sherando to start the season?
• How Strasburg's old mill once anchored everyday life along U.S. 11

Also on today's calendar: Strasburg Varsity Football @ Warren County.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 81 and low of 56 degrees.
• Wednesday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 85, low: 61.
• Thursday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NVD volleyball power rankings: Aug. 25 (nvdaily.com) — Strasburg High's volleyball team opens the season ranked fifth in the Northern Virginia Daily's area power rankings and faces a tough week ahead. The Rams will take on top-ranked Sherando and No. 4 Skyline as they try to build on last year's success.
   

• Barrel making was a precise and intricate craft (nvdaily.com) — A local historian traces how cooper shops, grist mills, and blacksmiths once powered Shenandoah County life, including Strasburg's old mill along U.S. 11. The story explains how barrels, wagons, and mills supported farming, trade, and social life before cars and cardboard boxes reshaped the region's economy.
   

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Monday August 31
• Paint Your Pet at Box Office Brewery! →
  Box Office Brewery, 177 E King St, Strasburg
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Friday September 11
• Strasburg Varsity Football @ Warren County →
  Warren County High School, 155 Westminster Dr, Front Royal
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Madison County Girls JV Volleyball @ Strasburg →
  Strasburg High School, 250 Ram Dr, Strasburg
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• Board of Equalization (BOE) Meeting →
  Shenandoah County, VA Calendar, 600 N. Main Street 102A, Woodstock
  1:00 pm
• Outdoor Pickleball →
  Shenandoah County, VA Calendar, 540 Park Avenue, Woodstock
  6:00 pm
• Board of Supervisors Meeting →
  Shenandoah County, VA Calendar, 600 N. Main Street, Woodstock
  7:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Valley Bridge Club →
  Shenandoah County, VA Calendar, 1195 Hisey Avenue, Woodstock
  9:00 am
• Whiskey Wednesday Guided Tasting with Dan at Vault & Cellar →
  Vault & Cellar, 7843 Main St, Middletown
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Yarn Crew →
  Shenandoah County, VA Calendar, 1195 Hisey Avenue, Woodstock
  10:00 am
Sunday August 30
• Noah Guthrie with Tyler Nail →
  Bright Box Theater, 15 N Loudoun St, Winchester
  6:30 pm
Monday August 31
• Demolition Derby →
  Shenandoah County Fair Association, 300 Fairground Rd, Woodstock
  7:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Farm, Family, Freedom
  Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Park Meet at the NPS Visitor Center, 7712 Main Street, Middletown, VA.
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Middletown

• $8,000 Grant Funds Phase Two Work at Heater House (thewinchestergazette.com)
• 10 Historic Virginia Inns Where The Ghost Stories Might Actually Be True (myfamilytravels.com)
• Laurel Ridge Community College Welcomes More Than 3,100 Students for Fall Semester (royalexaminer.com)

Stephens City

• This Historic Virginia Drive-In Has Been Showing Movies Under The Stars Since 1956 (myfamilytravels.com)

Front Royal

• Adjusting to life outside the classroom; Retired after 36 years, teacher reflects on long career (nvdaily.com)
• Smithsonian Welcomes 3 New Red Panda Cubs (southernmarylandchronicle.com)

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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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