🌱 Can Nelson High turn last year’s semifinal run into a state title?

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In today's newsletter:

• Can Nelson High turn last year’s semifinal run into a state title?

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 81 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 82, low: 54.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Five-year-old Nelson High football program sets sights on state title run (newsbreak.com) — Nelson High’s young football program in Happy Valley is chasing its first-ever state title just five years after the school opened. Players and coaches describe how a strong team culture, a star QB–receiver duo, and last year’s semifinal run have raised expectations for meaningful playoff football in November, giving local fans plenty to watch this season.
   

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📸 Around Happy Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Happy Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 7

• Club Mosaic | Clackamas Town Center →
  Clackamas Town Center (Food Court), 12000 SE 82nd Ave, Happy Valley
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• PSU Farmers Market
  PSU Farmers Market, SW Park & Montgomery, Portland
  8:30 am
• Oregon City Summer Farmers Market →
  Oregon City Farmers Market, Clackamas Community College, Green Lot #1, near corner of Beavercreek Road and Clairmont Drive, Oregon City
  9:00 am
• Singing Resistance Willamette Falls: Oregon City Library Park →
  Oregon City Public Library, Oregon City
  9:00 am
• 1st Annual Ostomy 5k, Portland OR →
  Laurelhurst Park, Portland
  9:00 am
• Portland Harbor Superfund Paddle →
  Cathedral Park Boat Ramp, Baltimore Street, Portland
  9:30 am
• Lake Oswego Weekly Protest →
  State Street, Lake Oswego
  10:00 am
• Public Class – Propagating Clematis from Seed →
  Rogerson Clematis Garden, 125 Rosemont Road, West Linn
  10:00 am
• Closing Day on the Sales Terrace →
  Rogerson Clematis Garden, 125 Rosemont Road, West Linn
  10:00 am
• Hike with Hoyt
  Hoyt Arboretum, Visitor Center
  10:00 am
• Public Class – Perennials for Year Round Flower Power →
  Rogerson Clematis Garden, 125 Rosemont Road, West Linn
  10:00 am
• OWLtober: In-Person Watercolor Painting with Ronna: The Barn Owl →
  Bird Alliance of Oregon – Heron Hall, 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We are optimistically seeking a volunteer to help us with our 3 elder equines.
  Left to right are Gymmie, Iris, and Ali (pronounced AH-lee). Susie Schramm gives lessons with the pony for young children and is an accomplished… (Nextdoor Happy Valley)
• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Portland, OR, has been safely reunited with their family after 4 hours, 2 minutes. Message from Finder: "saw this super… (Nextdoor Causey Circle)

• Sherwin-Williams posted a job opening for Customer Service Specialist in Gresham. Apply here.
• Curbell, Inc. posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Portland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Happy Valley here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Milwaukie

• National Park Service Lists Two Former City Halls in the National Register of Historic Places (einpresswire.com)
• Good Morning, News: Kotek Says She Would Separate State Psychiatric Hospital from OHA, Egg Prices Are Down, and SNAP Admin Costs Are Going Up! (portlandmercury.com)
• Santa Monica Couple Identified in Second Murder-Suicide in City This Year (internewscast.com)

Oregon City

• Media release: Clackamas County to hold public hearings on potential data center moratorium (mountaintimesoregon.com)
• Howard S. Wright Leads Oregon K-12 School Renovations (constructionowners.com)
• 2026 Readers Choice Awards: nominate your favorite Portland-area food cart by Oct. 5 (oregonlive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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