🌱 Family Book Club: The Eyes and the Impossible and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Very warm; fog this morning, with a high of 87 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 66.
• Tuesday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees.

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📸 Around Pembroke

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31

• CANCELED - Red Cross Blood Drive →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  1:00 pm
• Family Book Club: The Eyes and the Impossible →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W. Main St, Radford
  6:30 pm

Tuesday September 1

• Women of Vision
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 1540 South Main St, Ste 110, Blacksburg, VA Located at First & Main
  9:30 am
• MC Business 101 Financial Foundations: Session 2
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St Suite B Christiansburg
  12:00 pm

Thursday September 3

• MC Eggs & Issues: The Future of Business in Montgomery County - September 2026
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Warm Hearth Village 2387 Warm Hearth Dr. Blacksburg, VA 24060
  8:00 am
• CPMT Meeting →
  Radford, VA Calendar Radford, VA 24141
  8:30 am
• EDA Meeting →
  Radford, VA Calendar, City Council Chambers, Radford
  12:00 pm

Friday September 4

• MC 2026 Ambassador Meeting
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St NE, Christiansburg, VA 24073
  11:00 am
• Holston Varsity Football @ Narrows →
  Narrows High School, 1 Green Wave Ln, Narrows
  7:00 pm

Saturday September 5

• TOUR OF DESTRUCTION →
  Pulaski County Motorsports Park, 6749 Lee Hwy, Fairlawn
  6:00 pm
• VMI Keydets at Virginia Tech Hokies Football →
  Lane Stadium, 185 Beamer Way, Blacksburg
  7:30 pm

Wednesday September 9

• Mobile Library: White Gate →
  White Gate Community Center, 2760 Walkers Creek Valley Rd, Pearisburg
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• OSL Retail Services Inc posted a job opening for Wireless Retail Sales Associate - W2646 in Pearisburg. Apply here.
• Qdoba Mexican Eats posted a job opening for Restaurant Management in Blacksburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pembroke here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Pearisburg

• Bobcats Shutout Maroons in Season Opener (pcpatriot.com)

Blacksburg

• Sheets, Travis Howard (nrvnews.com)
• Tront, Joseph Gilbert (nrvnews.com)
• Virginia Tech opens counter-drone research center (wsls.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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