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• See what's inside Beaverton's brand-new Raleigh Hills Elementary School.
• How one mulch donation turned playtime into a Beaverton park makeover.
• Why federal drug agents served a search warrant in Beaverton.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Nice with some sun returning, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: Clouds breaking and nice, temps: high: 74, low: 53.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New 97,000-square-foot Raleigh Hills Elementary School opens (beavertonvalleytimes.com) — Families in Beaverton just gained a brand-new Raleigh Hills Elementary, a $67 million, 97,000‑square‑foot campus in the Beaverton School District designed around collaboration and community. The rebuilt K‑5 school replaces a seismically outdated 1927-era building and can now serve up to 750 students, funded by recent Beaverton bond measures.
   

• Beaverton family helps spread mulch after donation to Ross Lake Park (michigansthumb.com) — A Beaverton mom and her two kids turned a play visit at Ross Lake Park into an impromptu volunteer project, helping spread mulch donated by a local lung cancer survivor. Their teamwork quickly freshened up the park and left everyone feeling more connected to the neighborhood community.
   

• Leader of drug trafficking organization that sold fentanyl, cocaine, and meth in 'The Jungle' and International District sentenced to ten years in prison (irs.gov) — Federal agents investigating a major Seattle-area drug ring executed one of 16 search warrants in Beaverton as they dismantled a network moving fentanyl, cocaine, meth, and heroin. The organization's leader has now been sentenced to ten years in prison, with authorities seizing drugs, cash, firearms, and luxury vehicles.
   

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Monday August 31
• Take & Make Craft: Braille Name Magnet
  West Slope Community Library 3678 SW 78th Street, Portland, OR 97225
  10:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Digital Navigator 1:1 Tech Help with Chuck
  West Slope Community Library 3678 SW 78th Street, Portland, OR 97225

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• JV/V B Soccer @ Fruitland
  Baker SD 5J Portland, OR 97294
  10:00 am
• JV/V G Soccer vs Weiser
  Baker SD 5J Portland, OR 97294
  12:00 pm
• Dungeon Mastery 101
  West Slope Community Library 3678 SW 78th Street, Portland, OR 97225
  2:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Bottle Drop Weekend
  J Clyde Hopkins Elem Sherwood, OR 97140
• StoryWalk®
  Tigard Public Library 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, OR 97223
  8:00 am
• Club volleyball
  Baker SD 5J Portland, OR 97294
  12:00 pm
• Family Movie
  Tigard Public Library 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, OR 97223
  2:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Staff In-Service
  SHERWOOD SD 88J Sherwood, OR 97140
• First Day of School for 7th & 9th Graders. PK-6, 8, 10-12 No Scho
  Harvey Clarke Forest Grove, OR 97116
• Take & Make Craft: Braille Name Magnet
  West Slope Community Library 3678 SW 78th Street, Portland, OR 97225
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi neighbors!
  Is anyone missing a small grey/ brown tabby with green eyes? It looks to be a young cat. It was in my backyard before it jumped into the backyard of… (Nextdoor Cooper Mountain)
• Update: we found him 💙
  Our boy Flash got out of our backyard. If any neighbors have seen him, if you can please contact me. So I can pick him up immediately. (Nextdoor Cooper Mountain)

• Burger King - Ghai Management Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Beaverton. Apply here.
• Nike posted a job opening for Lead Designer, Tennis Apparel Product Design in Beaverton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Beaverton here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Who are the state's best high school volleyball teams? The coaches tell you here (beavertonvalleytimes.com)

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• 16823 SW Rubicon Ln, Tigard, OR 97224 - 3 beds/2 baths (redfin.com)
• Who are the state's best high school volleyball teams? The coaches tell you here (valleytimes.news)
• 'Scary couple of days': All Hands on Deck After Leak Springs on Tualatin Water Line (tualatinlife.com)

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