🌱 Westport Volunteer Fire Dept BBQ and 10 more events

Morning Laytonville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Westport Volunteer Fire Dept BBQ at Westport Headlands Park
• Board Meeting at Laytonville Unified

Today's riddle: Why does an elephant stand on a marshmallow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Sweltering heat with sunshine, with a high of 99 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Sweltering heat with sunshine, temps: high: 96, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Hot with blazing sunshine, with a high of 95 and low of 62 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Laytonville

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15

• Westport Volunteer Fire Dept BBQ →
  Westport Headlands Park, #01330062, Westport
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 6

• Board Meeting
  Laytonville Unified LUSD Boardroom
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 3

• Mendocino Jazz Society
  Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Tall Guy Brewing, 362 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg
  6:00 pm

Tuesday August 4

• UC Personal Insight Questions (PIQs)
  Willits High Willits, CA 95490
  4:00 pm

Wednesday August 5

• Gloriana Dance Company
  Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Gloriana Studio at the Boatyard
  5:30 pm

Thursday August 6

• Scribble & Splash - Suzi Long Watercolor Class
  Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Blue Pelican Gallery, 401 North Harbor Drive in Fort Bragg.
  10:30 am
• UCSB College of Creative Studies: Admission & Selection
  Willits High Willits, CA 95490
  4:00 pm
• Crochet Club at Cobalt →
  Cobalt Gallery, 430 N Main St, Fort Bragg
  5:30 pm
• Ask UCSB Admissions Anything! - Open Q&A
  Willits High Willits, CA 95490
  5:30 pm

Friday August 7

• Point Arena Lighthouse - National Lighthouse Day
  Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Point Arena Lighthouse 45500 Lighthouse Rd Point Arena, CA 95468
  10:00 am

Saturday August 8

• 10th Annual Noyo Headlands Race →
  Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center Noyo Headlands Park, Cypress Street entrance, Fort Bragg, CA
  8:00 am
• Willits Photography Club →
  Willits Center For the Arts, 71 E Commercial St, Willits
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pacific Health Group posted a job opening for Community Supports Lead Care Coordinator (Housing) - Mendocino County in Laytonville. Apply here.
• Round Valley Unified School District posted a job opening for Instructional Asst TK/K in Covelo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Laytonville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Willits

• Evacuation orders in place as crews battle Feliz Fire in Mendocino County (pressdemocrat.com)

Fort Bragg

• When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes. (wordpress.com)
• Feliz Fire explodes in southern Mendocino County theatens Hopland, evacuations ordered (mendocinobeacon.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he won’t fall in the hot chocolate (Thank you Geila P. for sending it in!)
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