🌱 Patch AM: How Gresham schools rolled out the red carpet for students

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In today's newsletter:

• How Gresham schools rolled out the red carpet for students
• Suspect arrested in fatal Rockwood Village shooting; investigators seek tips

Also on today's calendar: Bluegrass at Multnomah Grange #71.

Today's riddle: Why did the burglar wear blue gloves? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, temps: high: 74, low: 51.
• Friday: Low clouds, then some sun, with a high of 68 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• East Gresham Elementary celebrates students on first day (theoutlookonline.com) — Students at East Gresham Elementary got a red-carpet welcome back to school, as Gresham-Barlow's superintendent and staff focused on making the first day joyful and inviting. District leaders also stressed a major new push to improve attendance, especially at Gresham High and Barlow, urging parents and teens to prioritize showing up so kids don't miss learning or social connections.
   

• Suspect in fatal Gresham apartment shooting arrested (kgw.com) — Gresham police say a suspect has been arrested in the June shooting death of 25-year-old D'Angelo Adams at the Rockwood Village Apartments. Officers took 28-year-old Marcell Trotter into custody after a traffic stop in East Portland, and the East County Major Crimes Team is still investigating, asking anyone with information to contact Gresham detectives by email.
   

📸 Around Gresham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gresham

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Thursday September 10
• New Student Orientation- Mount Hood Community College
  Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center Location: Student Union
Saturday September 12
• Bluegrass at Multnomah Grange #71 →
  30639 SE Bluff Rd, Gresham
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Orient Fall Garden Festival →
  Multnomah Grange #71, 30639 SE Bluff Rd, Gresham
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 9
• Girls Soccer @ Ranier
  Gladstone High Rainier High School, 28170 Old Rainier Rd, Rainier, OR 97048
  5:00 pm
• GSD Board Meeting
  Gladstone SD 115 Gladstone, OR 97027
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Boys Soccer vs Valley Catholic - Endowment
  Gladstone High School, 18800 Portland Ave, Gladstone, OR 97027\
  4:00 pm
• PMS: Beginning Band Instrument/Rental Night
  Parkrose Middle Portland, OR 97220
  4:30 pm
• Girls Soccer @ Valley Catholic
  Gladstone High Valley Catholic High School, 4275 SW 148th Ave, Beaverton, OR 9
  5:00 pm
• Board Meeting
  North Clackamas SD 12 Portland, OR 97267
  6:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Football vs Horizon Christian
  Gladstone High School, 18800 Portland Ave, Gladstone, OR 97027\
  7:00 pm
Monday September 14
• LoveOne Laundry Events - Milwaukie North →
  Milwaukie Laundry, 10515 SE 42nd Ave, Milwaukie
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Orville Peck →
  McMenamins Edgefield Concerts, Live Music Venue, 2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I'd like a recommendation to contact someone to cut down and remove these bushes along my fence - on both sides of a gate.
  Thank you to all who replied and messaged me! **PROJECT STATUS - FILLED** (Nextdoor SW Gresham)

• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Gresham. Apply here.
• City of Gresham Oregon posted a job opening for Lateral Police Officer in Gresham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gresham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Happy Valley

• IntroDUCKtion welcomes incoming class of 2030 (dailyemerald.com)

Milwaukie

• OPB's First Look: Oregon's Dark Horse (opb.org)
• The Great Oregon Coast Cleanup - And Rivers and Towns (beachconnection.net)

Ok Gresham! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he wouldn't get caught red handed. (Thank you Vicki B. for sending it in!)
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