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- How rising instrument costs are squeezing a Beaverton elementary music classroom
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📰 News we're reading
• Soaring instrument prices could stop the music at many schools (inquirer.com) — A Beaverton elementary music teacher is struggling to afford basic instruments, even considering 3D-printed ukuleles, as tariffs and inflation drive up prices. Her classroom in a Beaverton school runs on grants and donations, illustrating how national trade policies and shrinking education budgets are directly squeezing local music programs and limiting students' access to instruments. 
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Other local events
- Schitt's Creek Trivia →
3 Mugs Public House, 16755 W Baseline Rd suite 110, Beaverton
7:00 pm - School's Out Camp →
OMEGA Gymnastics, 9700 SW Harvest Ct STE 180, Beaverton
8:00 am - Steve Hale solo at Hoffman Farms Store →
Hoffman Farms Store, 22242 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Beaverton
12:00 pm - Steve Hale solo @ Hoffman Farms Store →
Hoffman Farms Store, 22242 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Beaverton
12:00 pm - Steve Hale at Hoffman Farms Store →
Hoffman Farms Store, 22242 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Beaverton
12:00 pm - Wine Club Tasting: Sat. 1 PM →
Syndicate Wine Bar, 12620 SW First Street, Beaverton
1:00 pm - Irish Session – Trad Irish Music →
Three Mugs Public House, 16755 W. Baseline Rd. #110, Beaverton
6:00 pm - Sunday Worship (in person) →
Spirit of Grace, 7400 Southwest Scholls Ferry Road, Beaverton
8:30 am - Sunday Worship (hybrid) →
Spirit of Grace, 7400 Southwest Scholls Ferry Road, Beaverton
10:45 am - Wine Club Tasting: Sun. 1 PM →
Syndicate Wine Bar, 12620 SW First Street, Beaverton
1:00 pm - Wine Club Tasting: Sun. 4 PM →
Syndicate Wine Bar, 12620 SW First Street, Beaverton
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Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
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Sunday October 11
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Girls soccer: Who are the best teams in the state? Latest coaches polls (beavertonvalleytimes.com)
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- Seasonal Educator (contract role) (lululemon.com)
- Girls soccer: Who are the best teams in the state? Latest coaches polls (valleytimes.news)
- How To Make A High-End Designer Kitchen On A "Builder-Grade Kitchen Budget" (stylebyemilyhenderson.com)
Hillsboro
- Hillsboro police seek drivers of 2 vehicles after possible deadly hit-and-run crash (kgw.com)
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