🌱 Knit One, Purl Two-gether with the Durham Purls and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Kids' Crafternoon at Butte County Library, Durham Branch
• Early Release Monday for Teacher Professional Learning at Durham Intermediate
• Tiger Tuesday at Durham Intermediate

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 98, low: 68.
• Saturday: Sunny and warm, with a high of 97 and low of 68 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Durham

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday August 25
• Kids' Crafternoon →
  Butte County Library, Durham Branch, 2545 Durham-Dayton Hwy, Durham
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday August 24
• Early Release Monday for Teacher Professional Learning
  Durham Intermediate Durham, CA 95938
  1:40 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Tiger Tuesday
  Durham Intermediate Durham, CA 95938
Wednesday August 26
• Department Teacher Meeting
  Durham Intermediate Durham, CA 95938
  3:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Knit One, Purl Two-gether with the Durham Purls →
  Butte County Library, Durham Branch, Durham
  1:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Family Storytime →
  Butte County Library, Durham Branch, Durham
  11:00 am
Wednesday September 9
• Knit One, Purl Two-gether with the Durham Purls →
  Butte County Library, Durham Branch, Durham
  1:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Family Storytime →
  Butte County Library, Durham Branch, 2545 Durham-Dayton Hwy, Durham
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Paradise Book Club →
  Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, Paradise
  3:00 pm
• BJHS - Girls Basketball Open Gym
  Bidwell Junior High Chico, CA 95926
  4:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Damonte Ranch JV Football @ Paradise →
  Paradise High School, 5911 Maxwell Dr, Paradise
  5:30 pm
• Friday Night Concerts – Chico →
  City Plaza, 132 W 4th St, Chico
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Chico

• Chico city council will review police license plate reader access (krcrtv.com)
• Chico dad & athlete loses limbs to rare infection, refuses to give up (actionnewsnow.com)
• How an Angus calf turned a Walmart parking lot into a wild rescue mission (krcrtv.com)

Paradise

• Major road rehab underway in Paradise — expect delays (actionnewsnow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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