🌱 How a 1926 Samoa moms’ club quietly made local history

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In today's newsletter:

• How a 1926 Samoa moms’ club quietly made local history

Also on today's calendar: Second Annual Timber Expo.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Areas of low clouds and fog, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds and fog, temps: high: 64, low: 52.
• Monday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 60 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Body washes ashore on beach near Table Bluff in 1926 (times-standard.com) — A century ago this week, Samoa moms formed the county’s first preschool-age Mothers Club, gathering in local homes for music, tea, and plans to formally organize. The same week saw Eureka’s Thompson Furniture fire, a new city well coming online, and an unidentified body found near Table Bluff that might have been a missing Samoa worker.
   

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📸 Around Samoa

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Samoa

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4

• Open Gym at Dream Athletics →
  Dream Athletics, 900 Vance Avenue, Samoa
  12:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10

• Second Annual Timber Expo →
  Timber Heritage Association, 930 Vance Avenue, Samoa
  10:00 am

Saturday October 17

• Speeder Rides →
  Timber Heritage Association, 930 Vance Avenue, Samoa
  10:00 am

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📣 Samoa Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• October Eureka Trash Bash! →
  Elk River/Herrick Ave Park & Ride, Eureka
  9:00 am
• Candlestick Point SRA Volunteer Day →
  Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, 500 Hunters Point Expressway, San Francisco
  10:00 am
• Ecstatic Eureka Scavenger Hunt →
  Dutch Bros Coffee, 1108 Broadway Street, Eureka
  11:00 am
• Barn Quilt Workshop at Lavender Rose in Eureka →
  Lavender Rose Fabrics Quilt Shop, 301 West Harris Street, Eureka
  12:00 pm
• Cultural Center Tours! →
  Da Gou Rou Louwi’ Cultural Center, 417 2nd Street, Eureka
  6:00 pm
• Homecoming Dance
  Eureka Senior High Eureka, CA 95501
  8:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• Baptism - Eureka, CA →
  1060 Hoover St, Eureka
  7:00 am
• Free Community Rowing at India Basin Waterfront Park →
  India Basin Waterfront Park, 900 Innes Avenue, San Francisco
  2:00 pm
• Eureka, CA →
  1063 Westgate Dr, Eureka
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kohl's posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate in Eureka. Apply here.
• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Costco in Eureka. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Samoa here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Eureka

• George Sennott Studio celebrates Arts Alive! in Eureka (times-standard.com)
• Four Antioch Residents Arrested After Drug Raids in Myers Flat and Eureka (kymkemp.com)
• Eureka police chief responds to questions about DUI case involving ex-EPD officer (times-standard.com)

Arcata

• Local musical artist releases debut album, holds party in Arcata (times-standard.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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