🌱 Patch AM: Will Discovery really leave Chantilly’s Udvar-Hazy Center for Texas?

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In today's newsletter:

• Will Discovery really leave Chantilly’s Udvar-Hazy Center for Texas?

Also on today's calendar: Women and Finance: Consciousness and Wealth (A Free Event) and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Breezy with partial sunshine, with a high of 58 and low of 31 degrees.
• Thursday: Sun followed by some clouds, temps: high: 56, low: 41.
• Friday: A little afternoon rain, with a high of 60 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Space Shuttle Discovery May Not Head to Texas After All (nationalinterest.org) — Chantilly’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center may keep Space Shuttle Discovery after NASA’s new administrator questioned plans to move it to Houston. With relocation costs far above budget and concerns about dismantling the orbiter, officials are weighing alternatives, including sending a future Artemis spacecraft to Johnson Space Center instead.
   

📸 Around Chantilly

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chantilly

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Sunday January 11

• Women and Finance: Consciousness and Wealth (A Free Event)
  Brahma Kumaris Center, 14020 Thunderbolt Pl, Suite 200, 2nd Floor, Chantilly, VA
  12:30 pm
• Ghost Doctors Winter UFO Adventure At The Smithsonian Air and Space Udvar-Hazy Center...Look up!
  14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy , Chantilly
  3:15 pm
• Winter Gear Swap
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  4:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Chantilly Library Books and Brews Book Club
  Bunnyman Chantilly , 14140 Parke Long Ct , Chantilly
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• Dementia Man: An Existential Journey
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 7

• Zoning Ordinance Committee
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  9:00 am
• Senior Nutrition Lectures: Goal Setting
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar , 20880 Marblehead Drive , Ashburn
  10:00 am
• Navigating Services & Getting Connected Workshop (VIRTUAL)
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  4:00 pm
• Community Criminal Justice Board
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  5:30 pm
• Multicultural Advisory Committee
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Low Cost Vaccination & Microchip Clinic
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  9:00 am
• Making a Strong First Impression: Give It Your Best Workshop (VIRTUAL)
  Loudoun County, VA Calendar
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• An Important But Overlooked Item To Start The New Year —Jerilyn Woelfel Read on Patch

• "Avoid the area" due to gas leak in Ashburn, Virginia.
  3:50PM on Jan 5: Impacted businesses have been cleared to reopen after air quality tests confirmed normal readings. Due to Extensive excavation and… (Nextdoor )
• All clear after bomb scare at bank in Sterling, Virginia.
  7:21PM on Jan 5: Report of bomb scare at bank in Sterling, Virginia. 4:57PM on Jan 5: Report of bomb scare at Bank of America, Sterling, Virginia. (Nextdoor )

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager - 4394 in Reston. Apply here.
• P.F. Chang's China Bistro posted a job opening for Expeditor in Fairfax. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chantilly here.

🗞 Nearby News

Centreville

• Make-A-Wish sends miracle kid from Centreville to Italy (wtop.com)
• Apartment rents higher to end 2025 in some parts of Fairfax County, down in others (ffxnow.com)
• Michigan State football lands Auburn LB transfer (usatoday.com)

Herndon

• How I found my research: Shruti Shrivastava's interest in evolutionary biology takes her to Oxford (vcu.edu)

Reston

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-- The Patch AM Team

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