Staunton

Because we, we have that, we, we have that in my town.

I live in Staunton, Virginia, and our, our urban archery season-

Okay

... actually opened a month and a half ago.

He had some people who had come out, some forebears who had come out in the middle of the 18th century.

And some of them had gone down the Great Wagon Road, which Laura was showing there, down through the Shenandoah Valley and whatnot, to Staunton, Virginia.

They'd gone onto the frontier.

They'd gone into the backwoods.

So outside of the city, there were different counties, and they brought me on to kind of be a one-stop shop, uh, writing, editing, photography for the county journals.

Um, I thanked them by six months later leaving to work for a daily [laughs] um, where I actually got to, you know, work every day on a, on a, a larger newspaper, but by no means a large newspaper, and that was the Staunton News Leader in Staunton, Virginia.

Um, and as you guys know, there was a little bit of a recession in 2008.

Um, the housing market crumbled, and, um, it kinda hit everything.

So they're all actually so different from each other that they're not direct competitors.

But as a town, it really puts Staunton on the map as having six or seven independent bookshops with a-

Yeah

... population of 24,000.

And, uh, so our first email comes from Mr. Jonathan Cox, and he's telling us that he's been listening to the podcast since the very beginning, and he always enjoys the fact that he learns something new every time, whether it be a technique or a hobby shop to try or a product that we have all recommended.

And he says he wants to take the time to commend us on our recommendation of Frontline Hobbies in Staunton.

Did I say that right, Staunton? I don't have the-

Stanton.

Stanton.

Stanton.

Stanton, Virginia.

Virginia.He spells Staunton, pronounced Stanton

And, uh, and, and bless the folks who helped him.

And I want to give a, a shout out to a group, I don't know if they have a branch in Richmond, uh, but they have them in Charlottesville, and Staunton, and Harrisonburg, and Virginia Beach.

A group called City Elders-

Mm-hmm

For sure.

Ano- another really intriguing one, um, that kind of has, carries a lot of weight is Stuart Draft at Staunton.

Uh, Draft has two losses, Staunton one.

Um, Draft coming off a tough loss to Allegheny, but I still think, I still think highly about that Draft team.

I think they've got a r- a chance to make a run there in Region 2B later this year.

Staunton obviously, I'm still trying to figure them out.

They're...

They, you know, at the end of the day you have to play who you play, and they've won the games they need to win and, um, I think they're ahead of the curve maybe than most people thought in terms of they're a really young team.

There was a There was a kind of a, uh, that was part of being in the South and, uh, part of being not really such a good kid.

You'll get sent to a military academy in Staunton, Virginia, but I'm not bitter about it.

Okay, when I look at those cadets, we already know...

Look, it's a four-year program.