🌱 How tonight’s Stuarts Draft–Staunton showdown could shift district standings

What's up Stuarts Draft! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How tonight’s Stuarts Draft–Staunton showdown could shift district standings

Also on today's calendar: Otaku Anime and Manga Club and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 67, low: 58.
• Monday: Warmer; a morning shower, with a high of 77 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Scores from Week 7 of Shenandoah District high school football (newsleader.com) — Stuarts Draft fans can follow live updates as the Cougars visit Staunton tonight in a key Shenandoah District matchup that could shake up the standings. The article also tracks Buffalo Gap and Alleghany’s battle for first place and links to scores and schedules across the district.
   

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📸 Around Stuarts Draft

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stuarts Draft

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 13

• Crafting with the Library →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 15

• Otaku Anime and Manga Club →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  4:00 pm
• Alleghany at Stuarts Draft →
  Stuarts Draft High School, 1028 Augusta Farms Rd, Stuarts Draft
  7:30 pm

Friday October 16

• Ghost Tours and Paranormal Investigations →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  4:00 pm

Tuesday October 20

• Re-Reading The Classics →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  3:30 pm

Wednesday October 21

• Preschool Storytime →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  11:00 am

Thursday October 22

• Library Playtime →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  10:00 am
• Puppet Club →
  Broadmoor Plaza Suite 107, Stuarts Draft
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 10

• Staunton Farmers Market →
  Staunton VA
  8:00 am
• Fall Stories for Families with Storyteller Liza Newell →
  Staunton VA
  10:30 am
• Fall Foliage Arts Festival →
  Augusta County Railroad Museum, 413 West Main Street, Waynesboro
  1:00 pm
• Music for Good - A fundraiser to benefit Familia Fund →
  Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Screaming from the mountain tops for HELP!!!
  My son’s fur baby who hasn’t been an outside cat since we got him almost 8 years ago got out in the hussle and bustle of my grandbabies leaving my… (Nextdoor White Hill)

• pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in STUARTS DRAFT VA S02726 in Stuarts Draft. Apply here.
• footprint Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Merchandiser in Stuarts Draft. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Stuarts Draft here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sherando

• James Wood earns first rivalry win, sweeps Sherando (nvdaily.com)
• Nelson County investigators renew search for man missing for 26 years (wset.com)

Waynesboro

• Waynesboro Heritage Museum to open 'On With The Show' exhibit celebrating a century of the Wayne Theatre (rocktownnow.com)
• Waynesboro, Mount Jackson, Woodstock receive Virginia Main Street grants (whsv.com)
• At-risk afterschool meals offered at Waynesboro schools (newsvirginian.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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