🌱 Patch AM: How did your favorite Gresham restaurants score on health inspections?

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In today's newsletter:

• How did your favorite Gresham restaurants score on health inspections?
• How a women's kickingball league just put Gresham on the map
• Why a planned Gresham family shelter quietly disappeared

Also on today's calendar: Orient Fall Garden Festival and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 50 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 50.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Multnomah County health inspections: East India Co. Bar & Grill, Mayas Taqueria, Starbucks (theoutlookonline.com) — Gresham diners can now see how local restaurants fared in recent county health inspections, with Jackpot Bistro and Polar King earning perfect 100 scores. Las Brasas and M & M Restaurant and Lounge scored lower due to issues like slow cooling food, warm refrigerators, and labeling problems, giving residents timely insight into food safety at familiar spots around town.
   

• Sport of Kickingball on the rise in Oregon (koin.com) — Gresham just hosted a national kickingball tournament, highlighting how this women-focused sport is rapidly growing in the Portland metro area. Local organizer Noleddy Godoy's Oregon Kickingball League now includes four teams and a new Little Beavers Academy for girls, giving Latino families in East County a fresh way to connect, compete, and build community.
   

• Northeast Portland motel will be utilized as shelter for Multnomah County families (koin.com) — Multnomah County is shifting family shelter plans from a previously planned Gresham motel, which fell through over financial issues, to a Northeast Portland Studio 6 that will house pregnant residents and families with children. The new contract, costing over $1.3 million annually, aims to restore lost shelter capacity and could affect where Gresham-area families in crisis are ultimately placed.
   

📸 Around Gresham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gresham

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Traditional Japanese Carpentry Fundamentals →
  Kyoudou Center, 219 S Main Avenue, Gresham

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Other local events

Friday September 18
• Orient Fall Garden Festival →
  Multnomah Grange #71, 30639 SE Bluff Rd, Gresham
  10:00 am
Saturday September 19
• Build a Traditional Japanese Roofed Garden Gate →
  Kyoudou Center, 219 S Main Avenue, Gresham
• 2026 The Art of Bonsai: Sept-Saturday →
  Kyoudou Center, 219 S. Main Avenue, Gresham
  1:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Bonsai: Group Kobo →
  Gresham Japanese Garden Greenhouse, 219 N Main, Gresham
  10:00 am
• Breath & Sound Medicine →
  Rising Tide Wellness LLC, 223 E Powell Boulevard, Gresham
  7:15 pm
Thursday September 24
• Plant Bingo →
  400 Northwest Miller Avenue, Gresham
• Fundraising Evening Celebrating 100 Years of Service
  World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland
  5:30 pm
• GALA Art Exhibition: Fall Reflections & Artist Reception
  School District Building | Gresham City Council Chambers Lobby, 1331 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham
  5:30 pm
Friday September 25
• Chapel Voices →
  Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave, Portland
  7:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 18
• Nei Gong Soft Body Conditioning →
  Lajja Space, 10851 SE Main St., Milwaukie
  9:00 am
• Moving Energy: Qi Gong with Rose →
  Lajja Space, 10851 SE Main St., Milwaukie
  11:00 am
• Psychedelic Shabbat →
  Lajja Space, 10851 SE Main St., Milwaukie
  6:30 pm
• Pat Stilwell and The Blues Alliance →
  Arrivederci Wine & Jazz, 17023 Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard, Milwaukie
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I owe the neighborhood an apology.
  Yesterday I posted about a homeless man who lent me a BottleDrop bag after I walked there and realized I'd forgotten my phone. For context, I don't… (Nextdoor Central City)
• Walking Friends is starting back up after a busy summer.
  We will meet every Monday, 9am, at Butler Creek Park on SW 27th in Gresham. Walks are generally around an hour or so. It is so good to walk and gab… (Nextdoor Gresham Butte)

• Original Roadhouse Grill posted a job opening for Bartender in Gresham. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Taco Bell Team Member - 1480 NW FRONTAGE RD in Troutdale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gresham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Troutdale

• Troutdale Farm Market has fresh produce, baked goods in indoor space (theoutlookonline.com)
• Kelly Osbourne permanently cuts off 'polar opposite' sibling 14 months after father's death (oregonlive.com)
• Knicks sign John Konchar and Drew Eubanks to training camp deals (postingandtoasting.com)

Happy Valley

• Lead Budtender - Electric Lettuce Happy Valley (syracuse.com)

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: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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