🌱 Fiber Open Studio - Gallery and 10 more events

Good morning to you Florence! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Beginning Watercolor 1 - Introduction - Peggy Ross at FRAA Creative Center
• Fiber Open Studio - Gallery at FRAA Creative Center
• Death Cafe at Siuslaw Public Library – Florence

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What happens when two monkeys get a divorce? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Nice and warm with sunshine, temps: high: 75, low: 49.
• Friday: Cooler with clouds and sun, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.

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📸 Around Florence

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Florence

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 15

• Beginning Watercolor 1 - Introduction - Peggy Ross →
  FRAA Creative Center, 1458 1st St., Florence
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 15

• Fiber Open Studio - Gallery →
  FRAA Creative Center, 1458 1st St., Florence
  10:30 am
• Death Cafe →
  Siuslaw Public Library – Florence, 1460 9th Street, Florence
  11:00 am
• Florence Methodist Free Lunch Program →
  Florence United Methodist Church, 333 Kingwood Ave, Florence
  11:30 am
• Pet Grief Support Group →
  Florence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87338 U.S Hwy 101, Florence
  4:00 pm
• Florence Food Share Mobile Pantry (Siuslaw Dunes Apartments) →
  Siuslaw Dunes Appartments, 1750 43rd Street, Florence
  4:00 pm
• Transportation Committee Monthly Meeting →
  City Hall, 250 Hwy 101, Florence
  5:00 pm
• REFIT →
  Cross Road Assembly of God Church, 1080 10th Street, Florence
  5:15 pm

Friday October 16

• Coastal Canine Classic →
  Location: Florence Events Center View a Map, 715 Quince St, Florence
• Red Friday →
  Florence Habitat for Humanity, 2016 Highway 101 North, Florence
  9:00 am
• Coffee and Connection | Old Town Coffee →
  Old Town Coffee, 125 1/2 Nopal Street, Florence
  10:00 am
• Library Storytime (Florence) →
  Siuslaw Public Library – Florence, 1460 9th Street, Florence
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• GOT WEEDS?
  The Florence Garden Club invites you to their monthly meeting on: This WEDNESDAY … October 14 At 12;30 at the Presbyterian Church On Highway 101 … (Nextdoor Heceta Beach)
• I would like to wish the members of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, also members of the Coquille Tribe and all other 1st nation people who live among us, a happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
  Florence would not be the prosperous, small coastal town in the great state of Oregon without your generosity… (Nextdoor Downtown)

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Florence. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Parts Specialist in Florence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Florence here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yachats

• 27th year of Yachats' weekend mushroom festival begins Friday with dinner, talks and walks • Lincoln Chronicle (lincolnchronicle.org)
• What We're Into: Visiting new places in Oregon (lagrandeobserver.com)

Waldport

• Recall Roundup: 2026 by the numbers (so far) (ballotpedia.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What happens when two monkeys get a divorce?" — They are banana split. (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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