🌱 Patch AM: How a Dale City family helped shape figure skating’s next superstar

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Dale City family helped shape figure skating’s next superstar

Also on today's calendar: Free Food giveaway and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Occasional afternoon rain, with a high of 56 and low of 47 degrees.
• Saturday: Rain, becoming heavy at times, temps: high: 52, low: 42.
• Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 48 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• For Ilia Malinin, figure skating's ‘Quad God,' all that's left is Olympic superstardom (nytimes.com) — A world-class figure skater with deep family ties to Dale City is poised for a breakout at next month’s Winter Olympics, thanks to his record-setting quadruple jumps and intense training. His mother once moved to Dale City to pursue better skating opportunities, and that decision helped set the stage for her son’s rise as the sport’s newest superstar.
   

📸 Around Dale City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Dale City

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• SkeinWreck Crochet
  Dale City Library, 4249 Dale Blvd, Dale City
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Free Food giveaway
  18410 Chapel Dr , Triangle
  9:00 am
• SkeinWreck: Crochet Class with Cecily: Winter Mug Cozy Workshop: Dale City
  Dale City Library , 4249 Dale Blvd , Dale City
  10:30 am

Wednesday January 14

• Spanish Circle Time/El Circulo de Cuentos en Español
  Dale City Library -
  10:30 am

Saturday January 17

• 9/11 - Pre 25th Anniversary Countdown Discussion Series (# 1)
  , Woodbridge
  5:00 pm

Tuesday January 20

• FUN Time With ART
  Dale City Library -
  10:30 am

Wednesday January 21

• Family Story Time
  Dale City Library -
  10:30 am

Saturday January 24

• Health and Wellness Book Club
  Dale City Library , 4249 Dale Blvd , Dale City
  11:00 am

Wednesday January 28

• Weekly Sound Baths
  Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center , 14300 Minnieville Rd , Dale City
  6:00 pm

Thursday January 29

• Inova Mobile Health Services
  Dale City Library , 4249 Dale Blvd , Dale City
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 9

• Mobile Library at Commonwealth at Senior Living
  Mobile Library -
  11:00 am
• Master Gardeners
  Independent Hill Library -
  11:00 am
• Prince William Model Railroad Traveling Train Show
  Montclair Library - Montclair Community Room
  11:00 am
• Prince William Model Railroad Traveling Train Show: Montclair
  Montclair Library , 5049 Waterway Dr , Dumfries
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Dumfries

• Town of Dumfries Secures $240,000 USDOT Grant to Improve Sidewalk Accessibility and Advance Safer, Walkable Streets (princewilliamliving.com)
• Prince William County awards $21M contract for homeless navigation center (princewilliamtimes.com)
• Franklin vastly outraises Robinson in Va. House race with help from data center interests (princewilliamtimes.com)

Woodbridge

• Brave the cold for a cause at the 2026 Polar Plunge in Woodbridge (potomaclocal.com)
• ARTfactory to celebrate young talent at Off the Wall High School Awards on Jan. 10 (potomaclocal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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