🌱 Remember late-night breakfasts at the Brown Derby in 1976?

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In today's newsletter:

• Remember late-night breakfasts at the Brown Derby in 1976?

Today's riddle: Why do some employees hide as soon as they arrive at work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 76, low: 56.
• Saturday: Low clouds, then some sun, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 1976 in Banks: a Bicentennial cake at the new library, and Sunset princesses on parade (bankspost.com) — Banks residents get a nostalgic look back at July 1976, when the town’s new community library hosted a Bicentennial craft night and the Brown Derby served late-night breakfasts. The piece revisits everyday life across western Washington County, spotlighting familiar places and celebrations that shaped the community’s past.
   

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📸 Around Banks

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Banks

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Saturday July 11

• Fairy Houses
  Banks Public Library 111 Market Street, Banks, OR 97106
  10:00 am

Tuesday July 14

• Digital Navigator One on One Tech Help
  Banks Public Library 111 Market Street, Banks, OR 97106
  12:30 pm

Wednesday July 15

• Family Storytime in the park
  Banks Public Library 111 Market Street, Banks, OR 97106
  10:00 am
• Lemon's Coding for kids
  Banks Public Library 111 Market Street, Banks, OR 97106
  2:00 pm

Thursday July 16

• Pool Noodle Horse Rodeo and Jumping Combined
  Banks Public Library 111 Market Street, Banks, OR 97106
  2:00 pm

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📣 Banks Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday July 9

• Library on the Loose @ UJ Hamby Park
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  10:30 am
• Digital Navigator – One-on-One Tech Help/ Navegador Digital – A
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  10:30 am
• Digital Navigator – One-on-One Tech Help
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  10:30 am
• Cocinando con los Niños | Cooking for Kids
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  10:30 am
• Play Lab: Sticker BINGO
  Scappoose Public Library Library Meeting Room
  1:00 pm
• Google Drive & Google Docs
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  2:00 pm
• Read to the Dogs/Lee a los perros
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Banks PatchAM possible:

• Oney's Pizza Parlor — (503) 298-1629
  Fun family focused, serving up Pizza, Subs, Salad and Drinks

Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Summer Cleaning Custodian, conserje para el verano de limpieza in Forest Grove. Apply here.
• Molly Maid posted a job opening for House Cleaner in Hillsboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Banks here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Forest Grove

• 52nd annual Forest Grove Concours d'Elegance set for mid-July (forestgrovenewstimes.com)
• Franko's Hot Dogs to open downtown Hillsboro brick-and-mortar location (forestgrovenewstimes.com)
• Which local standouts earned 6A All-State baseball honors? Find out here (hillsboronewstimes.com)

Hillsboro

• These Oregon officials were formally reprimanded. Now a Hillsboro city councilor joins the list (oregonlive.com)
• Franko's Hot Dogs to open downtown Hillsboro brick-and-mortar location (youroregonnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Good employees are hard to find! (Thank you Patricia P. for sending it in!)
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