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🌱 How a Wytheville farm’s pumpkins reached Virginia’s Executive Mansion doorstep.
Make time for Benziger Wine Dinner at Petals on the Wytheville Patch calendar

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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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- 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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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wytheville
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- Benziger Wine Dinner at Petals →
Petals Wine Bar, 160 Tazewell Street, Wytheville
6:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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Other local events
- Open Door Food Pantry →
Open Door Cafe, 650 West Main Street, Wytheville
10:00 am - Board of Supervisors Meeting →
340 S. 6th Street, Wytheville
6:00 pm - Open Door Food Pantry →
Open Door Cafe, 650 West Main Street, Wytheville
10:00 am - Blue Ridge Bobcats Hockey vs. Carolina River Dragons →
Hitachi Energy Arena, 200 Apex Drive, Wytheville
7:00 pm - Economic Development Committee →
County Administration Building, 290 South 6th Street, Wytheville
3:00 pm - Budget Committee →
County Administration Building, 290 South 6th Street, Wytheville
4:00 pm - Women Veterans Resilience Group →
West Ridge Medical Center, 710 West Ridge Rd., Wytheville
5:30 pm - Open Door Food Pantry →
Open Door Cafe, 650 West Main Street, Wytheville
10:00 am - Holston's Community Boo Bash →
990 Holston Rd, Wytheville
5:00 pm - Board of Directors Meeting →
Mount Rogers Admin, 770 West Ridge Road, Wytheville
1:00 pm - Board of Supervisors' Meeting →
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💬 Chatter
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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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-- The Patch AM Team
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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