🌱 How a Wytheville farm’s pumpkins reached Virginia’s Executive Mansion doorstep.

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Wytheville farm's pumpkins reached Virginia's Executive Mansion doorstep.

Also on today's calendar: Holston's Community Boo Bash and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 44 degrees.
• Wednesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 75, low: 50.
• Thursday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 75 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fifth-generation Wytheville farm delivers pumpkins to the Spanbergers (augustafreepress.com) — A fifth-generation family farm in Wytheville just delivered a couple dozen pumpkins to the Governor's Executive Mansion in Richmond, highlighting local agriculture on a statewide stage. Richdale Farm, founded in 1876, helped kick off "Virginia Pumpkin Month," with state leaders urging families to support nearby pumpkin patches and Wytheville-area farmers when choosing fall decorations and activities.
   

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Thursday October 8
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Friday October 9
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Tuesday October 13
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Friday October 16
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Wednesday October 21
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  West Ridge Medical Center, 710 West Ridge Rd., Wytheville
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Friday October 23
• Open Door Food Pantry →
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• Holston's Community Boo Bash →
  990 Holston Rd, Wytheville
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Monday October 26
• Board of Directors Meeting →
  Mount Rogers Admin, 770 West Ridge Road, Wytheville
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Tuesday October 27
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Board hears of 1% sales tax, parade cancellation (pcpatriot.com)
• Airport seeks supervisors' help in landing a jet (pcpatriot.com)
• Rutrough, Robin Dalton (nrvnews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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