August 28, 2017
More than 100 twisty puzzle (e.g., Rubik’s Cube) enthusiasts will descend on Laurel Ridge’s Middletown Campus Saturday, Sept. 2 for Rally in the Valley 2017, a World Cube Association competition. 
The 115-competitor limit has been reached, and there is a lengthy waiting list. The judged event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Corron Community Development Center, will include competitions in the traditional 3×3 Rubik’s Cube, as well as 2×2, 4×4, pyramid and Skewb puzzles. Additionally, competitors will be blindfolded in one event.
The public is invited to come to the competition on Saturday, as well as to activities sponsored by Laurel Ridge’s Cyber Advocates Club on Friday, Sept. 1 in the Fredy & Klara Kummli Student Center in Cornerstone Hall. Activities, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. include demonstrations in solving the Rubik’s Cube, cyber challenges, NSA Day of Cyber Opportunity, and robotics. Prizes will be given.
For more information about the event, visit https://www.worldcubeassociation.org/competitions.
Founded in 1970, Laurel Ridge Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With three locations — Middletown, Warrenton, and Luray-Page County — the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. Laurel Ridge offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines. Laurel Ridge also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. Laurel Ridge serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.
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Laurel Ridge Community College was known as Lord Fairfax Community College until June 2022. For consistency purposes, the college will be referenced as Laurel Ridge going forward.