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Joyce Sims of Radford sent in these pictures of the New River Valley Fair. Looks like fun!

You can watch the slide show above or click here to see the pictures one by one.

Thanks Joyce!

Do you have fun pictures of people and place around New River? Send them over to us at newriver@roanoke.com

OTHER PHOTOS FROM THE FAIR
* July 31: Rick Dishon of Dublin shares his photos from the fair
* July 27: Paparazzi photos from the New River Valley Fair
* July 24: Deborah Wiedmer of Blacksburg shares her photos

Rebecca Dunn, of Radford, sent in these pictures of DePaul Community Resources assisting with Radford After 5 on July 25th.

Thanks Rebecca! Do you have pictures of people or places in the New River Valley? Send them to us at newriver@roanoke.com

To see a rainbow.

After the downpours we've been having lately, Myasia Hendricks saw an almost perfect rainbow rise above her church after Bible School in Radford.

Shout out to Brenda Hendricks, Myasia's grandma, for sending in this great picture.

Have you caught any rainbows? Or just anything you might want to put up online? Send your submissions to us at newriver@roanoke.com

Rick Dishon of Dublin sent in these pictures of the New River Valley Fair. His granddaughter, Ember (3) had a great time at the fair with her friends Zach (8), Lindsey (7), Mallorie (3), and Riley (2). Looks like fun!

You can watch the slideshow above or click here to see the pictures one by one.

Do you have pictures of people or places around New River? We'd love to see them! Send your pictures to us at newriver@roanoke.com

OTHER PHOTOS FROM THE FAIR
* July 27: Paparazzi photos from the New River Valley Fair
* July 24: Deborah Wiedmer of Blacksburg shares her photos

On July 16, Governor Tim Kaine announced that Richard Langford is being re-appointed to the State Air Pollution Control Board. Richard is a chemical engineer who retired from Celanese in 2004. He currently serves as the Chair of the seven person board that oversees the air pollution control issues in the Commonwealth.

Thank you to Richard for sending in this great news! Congratulations!

Do you have good news you want to share with the world? Send it over to us at newriver@roanoke.com

The New River Valley Junior Olympic Volleyball has been based in Roanoke and Salem for the past two years. It is a traveling volleyball club that attracted girls from 14 schools this year in age groups from 14-18 on 5 teams.

Karen Bolton, the Director, is presenting two coaches with NRV Coach of the Year awards. They are Pierre Ellis and Susan Smith, who were also assistant coaches of Salem High School Varsity Volleyball and helped lead Salem to the AA State semi-finals.

They coached for the club this year from January through April and took on two teams simultaneously. (age groups 15 and 16) They had 19 girls and took the two teams to 9 tournaments in the ODR (Old Dominion Region) of USAV, sometimes coaching back-to-back tournaments. Bolton is presenting the awards to them for the outstanding job they did coaching two teams and helping and inspiring girls from all over the Roanoke Valley and New River Valley in the sport of volleyball.

Chip Frazier of Blacksburg sent in this picture of his new visitor, a buzzard that has been roosting in his backyard.

Thanks for the picture Chip!

Do you have pictures you would like to see up online? Send them to us at newriver@roanoke.com

Ray Roberts of Blacksburg sent in these shots of his family and friends picking blueberries a few weeks ago.

Thanks Ray!

You can watch the beautiful pictures on the slideshow or click here to see them one by one.

Do you have pictures of people or events from the New River Valley? Send them to us at newriver@roanoke.com

A huge congratulations to Bradley Alan Hinshelwood and his whole family. Fran and Don Poole of Shawsville sent in this picture of a group of 22 friends and relatives who went to Harvard University for Bradley's graduation. Most of them are from Montgomery County or grew up there and were former residents.

That's something to be very proud of!

Did someone in your life graduate last month? Send the pictures to us at newriver@roanoke.com

Shout out to Joyce Sims who sent in this picture of Zachary Sims showing off his "corn" worm.

Do you have pictures of people or events in New River Valley? Send them to us at newriver@roanoke.com.