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Your online guide to the Oct. 2 issue of So Salem

It was a rainy day last Saturday, but the annual punt, pass and kick contest went on — and so did we.

You’ll find photos from the event in this week’s print edition of So Salem — a cover shot, plus two pages inside.

And even more online in this gallery. (By the way, that’s Andrew Close drying off the ball at left.)

Those aren’t the only online extras we have this week. Here’s an easy guide to finding the rest:

* Magenbauer to speak at Fellowship Community Church youth group Sunday
* Fuddrucker’s site to become IHOP
* Bear sighted near Creekside Drive
* Roanoke College professor wins Fulbright scholarship
* More photos of Roanoke College freshmen building habitat house
* More photos from the Mud Run
* More photos from KidsFest
* More photos from the Showtimers play
* More photos from the Greek Festival
* More photos from the Wilderness Trail Festival

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* More photos of Salem football vs. Northside
* More photos from Knights Crossing
* More photos of Salem volleyball vs. Patrick Henry
* More photos of the Salem Sabres U11 White team
* More photos of Glenvar Dragons vs. Masons Cove
* Video of Jacob Chambers making spectacular catch for Salem Maroons vs. Glenvar
* More photos from the season finale with the Salem Red Sox

So how can you get your news and photos in So Salem? Easy! You can share at news@sosalem.com.

For more information on us — and how to advertise and reach more than 90 percent of the households in Salem and western Roanoke County -- see below:

* You can meet our community journalist for Salem and western Roanoke County — Miranda Adkins. She keeps regular hours at our Salem “bureau” — at Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea on Main Street. Here’s her schedule.

* Want to keep up with us in other ways? You can join our “fan group” on Facebook or become one of our “followers” on Twitter. Just search for “sosalem” and you’ll find us.

* So how do we reach 90 percent of the households in Salem and western Roanoke County? Here’s how: Subscribers to The Roanoke Times get it included in their Friday paper; non-subscribers have it mailed to them as part of the weekly Simply Savings advertising flier. Those two add up to more than 90 percent. Plus, we have some free copies available at Kroger, Food Lion, the Salem Y, and the Salem Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, in case we somehow missed you.

* Are you an advertiser who wants to get your message to more than 90 percent of the households in Salem and western Roanoke County? You can find out more at advertise@sosalem.com. Want to place a classified ad to reach your Salem neighbors? We’re at classifieds@sosalem.com

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