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🌱$500K For Beaverton Incubator + Southridge Student Saves Ducklings
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Rise and shine, Beaverton! Let's get this day started. Here's everything worth knowing in Beaverton today.
First, today's weather:
Cloudy and cool. High: 54 Low: 36.
Here are the top five stories in Beaverton today:
- Read about a Beaverton family who is facing a long slog to get insurance coverage for a rare condition via The Lund Report. Bronwyn McGowan, 14, suffers from a pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections (commonly referred to as PANDAS). Effective treatment can cost around $48,000, and it's not covered by the Oregon Health Plan. Click over to the article to learn about the dilemma facing up to 4,000 children statewide.
- A Tualatin traffic stop proved surprising for deputies last month. The officers uncovered 54 pounds of meth and 3,000 pills that are suspected of containing fentanyl. An investigation is ongoing, and one person is under arrest. (KATU)
- See footage of a Beaverton student helping ducklings in need over at Fox 12 Oregon. A Southridge High School senior pulled open a storm drain grate when he noticed a mother duck agitated nearby. The student was able to remove the brood and return them to their mama.
- Local startup nonprofits may have more opportunities to win city of Beaverton funding in the near future. Sally Segar reports on a federal omnibus package that awarded $500,000 to the Beaverton Non-Profit Incubator Development Project. (Beaverton Valley Times: click here for access via WCCLS; click here if you have a paid subscription)
- Looking for a road trip? Check out six adorable towns to visit in Oregon's Tualatin Valley over at TravelAwaits. Topping the list is Beaverton (obvious to many of us reading today), with references to BG's Food Cartel, Top Burmese and Downtown's musical bench installations.
Today in Beaverton:
- [Virtual] Pajama Storytime - Aloha Community Library invites families to join in one of the comfiest of story times, complete with familiar characters and friendly librarians. (10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
- Ben Rice on the Patio - Bundle up! At the Garages hosts a courtyard concert. $5. (5 p.m. - 7 p.m.)
- Oregon Symphony's Be As Water - The Reser hosts a performance of Handel's exquisite meditation, performed by some of the state's best musicians. Tickets start at $29. (7:30 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- Shoutout goes to Kerri, a recent arrival to Beaverton who alerted me to a Patch-themed rental over near the Waterhouse neighborhood. Check out ALL. THE. GREEN. via Zillow.
- Readers recently sent recommendations my way for two local businesses recently, and I thought I'd share them with ya'll:
- Donuts Plus on Cornell, an immigrant-owned bakery which has a long-standing, great reputation, and
- DEFY Beaverton, which hosted its grand opening on April 1. This trampoline park is a good one to keep in the back pocket for days when there's no school or whenever kids seem to have extra energy.
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— Ash DeMello
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