🌱 How Metzger’s state representative is shaping the future of your healthcare

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• How Metzger's state representative is shaping the future of your healthcare

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 72 and low of 49 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 72, low: 50.
• Thursday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 69 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oregon Law Banning Corporate Takeovers of Local Medical Care Introduced in Congress (oregon.gov) — Metzger residents are represented by House Majority Leader Ben Bowman, who helped pass Oregon's landmark ban on corporate control of medical practices and now backs similar federal legislation. The new congressional bill, modeled on Oregon's Senate Bill 951, aims to keep medical decisions between patients and doctors by limiting private equity and corporate influence over local clinics and hospitals nationwide.
   

📸 Around Metzger

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Metzger

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Wednesday September 23
• StoryWalk®
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
• Garden Home Family Storytime
  Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland
  10:00 am
• Family Art Club
  Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland
  3:30 pm
• Dogs & Tales
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
  6:00 pm
• Growing Sprouts and Microgreen
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 24
• StoryWalk®
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
• Toddler Time (2-3 years)
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
  10:15 am
• Bricks for Better Brains Monthly Social
  Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland
  2:00 pm
• Family Storytime - Evening edition
  Garden Home Community Library, 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• One-on-One Job Help
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
  10:00 am
• Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe | Bilingual Storytime
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard
  10:15 am
Sunday September 27
• StoryWalk®
  Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard

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🗞 Nearby News

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Beaverton

• Info Session Travel to Costa Rica with the BACC on October 13, 2026 (businessdailynetwork.com)
• Power Delivery Architect, Platform Architecture - Apple, Inc. - Beaverton, OR, US (dice.com)
• Beaverton hosting welcome to Marxism classes (oregoncatalyst.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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