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5 Things (and More!) to Know Today in Hybla Valley

Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, June 8th.

Lisa Picardi, Neighbor
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  • President Barack Obama will speak at Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria Campus this morning on the importance of training programs for manufacturing jobs.
  • The Mount Vernon Farmers Market is open from 8am – 12pm today in the parking lot of the .
  • The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for today from 12pm to 8pm.
  • The "Perils of the College Drinking Culture" forum will be held from 7pm to 9pm tonight at Mount Vernon High School.
  • Sherwood Regional Library is starting a free weekly English conversation group next Tuesday at 10:30am. To find out more, check out Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome to the Library!
  • The Lee-Mount Vernon Soccer Club is holding tryouts for boys and girls travel soccer teams this week and next week.
  • Today in 1867, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born. One of the homes he designed, the Pope-Leighey House, is located in Mount Vernon.
  • Today in 1925, former First Lady Barbara Bush was born.
  • Today is World Oceans Day. This year's theme is "Youth: the Next Wave for Change."
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