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A small crowd turned out last night for the Downtown Blacksburg Wonderful First Wednesday's event for July, which is sponsored by the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg.
With this month’s theme being “Tour de France”, event organizers were urging residents to take advantage of the beautiful summer evening by cruising into town on your bicycle. Some of the events last night, included Jane Hellman, who is the author of the book “Summer Engagements”, being on hand to talk about her experiences her bike tour. Keeping with the biking theme, Hokie Spokes was on hand for a free bike clinic, in which several riders dropped by to have their bikes inspected for proper safe riding. Other activities going on around town included extended hours on the Farmer’s Market, Councilman Don Langrehr and Al Leighton speaking with citizens at the mobile Town Hall, a wine and French cheese tasting event, an open-studio dance activity at the Center of Dance and “Chicken Man” was spotted at Moe’s putting on his juggling act for the youngsters and adults. “I really enjoyed the Farmer’s Market being opened late,” said Andrea Martin. “My family likes organic vegetables and there was a vendor here that had exactly what we wanted.” The next Wonderful First Wednesday’s Event will take place on Wednesday, August 6. Click here to see more photos from this event in our photo gallery. Photos by Larry Middleton
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Tolstoy was a Russian novelist and philosopher. Considered one of the world's greatest writers, he is perhaps most famous for his masterpieces, War and Peace, a vast prose epic of the Napoleonic invasion of 1812, and Anna Karenina, about the tragedy of a woman's faith in romantic love. Tolstoy was an anarchist and disapproved of all organizations based on the premise of force, including the government and the Church. How many characters are there in War and Peace?
