🌱 Can Clinchport’s Rye Cove Eagles bring home their first state title?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Clinchport’s Rye Cove Eagles bring home their first state title?
• How a teenage outlaw’s circus job briefly brought him to Clinchport

Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Very cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 28 and low of 10 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Cold with sunshine, temps: high: 35, low: 19.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 47 and low of 28 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Six VHSL football championships will be decided Saturday. Here's who's playing. (cardinalnews.org) — Rye Cove High, based in Clinchport, is headed to Salem on Saturday to play Rappahannock for the VHSL Class 1 football championship, chasing the school’s first-ever state title. The roundup also previews five other Virginia state finals, but Clinchport fans will be watching whether the Eagles can turn their playoff momentum into history.
   

• Ralph Gordon: The Kinney Wagner Story (newtoncountyappeal.com) — A colorful true-crime-style profile of outlaw Kinnie Wagner briefly stops in Clinchport, describing how the 16-year-old left his mountain home and landed a short-lived circus job there. The piece focuses on his hardscrabble upbringing, early gun use, and the beginnings of his wandering life across the South.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Clinchport

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Christmas Lighting of the Tunnel
  Natural Tunnel State Park, 1420 Natural Tunnel Pkwy, Duffield
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• EDA Board Meeting
  Scott County, VA Calendar Gate City, VA 24251
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• RACES (Amateur Radio Group)
  Scott County, VA Calendar Gate City, VA 24251
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 15

• Mon 9 am Pilates
  Appalachian Moon Yoga and Massage , 604 Park Ave NW , Norton
  9:00 am
• Oil Painting Class
  Norton, VA Calendar , 201 Park Avenue NE , Norton
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 16

• Books From The Crypt: Horror Book Club - Big Stone Gap
  C. Bascom Slemp Memorial Library , 11 Proctor Street N , Big Stone Gap

Wednesday December 17

• Trailblazers Science Night - Big Stone Gap
  C. Bascom Slemp Memorial Library , 11 Proctor Street N , Big Stone Gap
• Weds 7pm Yoga
  Appalachian Moon Yoga and Massage , 604 Park Ave NW , Norton
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Thurs 7pm Pilates
  Appalachian Moon Yoga and Massage , 604 Park Ave NW , Norton
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Fri 6:30 Yoga
  Appalachian Moon Yoga and Massage , 604 Park Ave NW , Norton
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Winter Yoga Flow Classes
  Norton, VA Calendar , 1147 Laurel Ave. SW , Norton
  9:00 am
• Natural Christmas Ornament Craft
  Norton, VA Calendar , 1147 Laurel Ave. SW , Norton
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Gate City

• Rye Cove goes from unable to finish a game to playing for the state championship (cardinalnews.org)

Wise

• Student Council and Wise SGA call on Va. General Assembly to keep students in mind (cavalierdaily.com)
• Coach Travis Turner still missing, case details closed (timesnews.net)
• Nine years later: Jefferson family, WCSO still hoping for justice (wcyb.com)

Bristol

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I didn’t lose a tooth, Mom. It’s right here in my pocket.
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