🌱 What Black Butte Ranch residents must know before burning debris this spring

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In today's newsletter:

• What Black Butte Ranch residents must know before burning debris this spring

Also on today's calendar: Lazy Zunday: Books + Bubbles — Lazy Z Ranch Wines of Sisters, Oregon and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 28 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 70, low: 39.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 67 and low of 39 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Discuss Closing Open Debris Burning (mycentraloregon.com) — If you burn yard debris at Black Butte Ranch, expect open burning to close after April 30 as Central Oregon fire chiefs respond to worsening drought. Residents are urged to use chipping or hauling instead, and can check the Before You Burn tool or call the Black Butte Ranch fire number for up-to-date guidance.
   

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📸 Around Black Butte Ranch

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Black Butte Ranch

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Sisters Clean Up Day
  Fir Street Park, Sisters
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday April 19

• Lazy Zunday: Books + Bubbles — Lazy Z Ranch Wines of Sisters, Oregon
  Lazy Z Ranch Wines (Meadery) , 68540 US-20 , Sisters
  12:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• S.O.L.E. - Smith Rock Hike
  Sisters Middle Sisters, OR 97759
  8:30 am
• Bees & Brews (+MEAD) — Lazy Z Ranch Wines of Sisters, Oregon
  Lazy Z Ranch Wines (Meadery) , 68540 US-20 , Sisters
  5:00 pm
• Travis Ehrenstrom
  The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse , 13300 US-20 , Sisters
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Celebration of the West Fork Metolius River Trail- Jefferson County, OR
  Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery , 7500 Forest Service Rd #14 , Camp Sherman
  11:00 am

Thursday April 30

• Suttle Lodge's Fireside Concert Series: Alicia Viani
  The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse , 13300 US-20 , Sisters
  6:00 pm
• Fireside Music Series
  The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse , 13300 US-20 , Sisters
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Thrive Central Oregon Drop-In Consultations
  Sisters Library , 110 N Cedar St , Sisters
  10:00 am
• Artificial Intelligence in Our Everyday Life
  Sisters Library , 110 N Cedar St , Sisters
  10:00 am
• Harrisburg Varsity Baseball @ Sisters
  Sisters High School , 1700 W McKinney Butte Rd , Sisters
  4:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Hoodoo Spring Fling
  Hoodoo Ski Area , 27400 Big Lake Road , Sisters
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Sisters

• Sisters Ranger District to host open house (nuggetnews.com)
• Modern irrigation system helps Three Sisters Irrigation weather severe drought (redmondspokesman.com)
• URA enhances downtown Sisters (nuggetnews.com)

Redmond

• Redmond calendar April 16-22 (redmondspokesman.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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