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🌱 Skate Night and 11 more events
Make time for Joseph at Powder Valley on the Mount Vernon Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 48 degrees.
- Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 82, low: 44.
- Saturday: Sunshine and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 48 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Skate Night
North Powder Charter School North Powder, OR 97867
5:30 pm - Joseph at Powder Valley →
333 G St, North Powder
7:15 pm - Adrian at Powder Valley →
333 G St, North Powder
4:00 pm - Mingo at The Palace →
The Palace, 260 N. Broadway Ave., Burns
6:00 pm - Ghost Hunting with Big River Paranormal →
Geiser Grand, 1996 Main St, BAKER CITY - Stitch & Learn Craft Club →
Harney County Library, 80 West D ST., Burns
10:00 am - Pilot Rock at Powder Valley →
333 G St, North Powder
11:00 am - Pokemon Saturday →
Harney County Library, 80 West D ST., Burns
12:00 pm - Echo at Powder Valley →
333 G St, North Powder
1:00 pm - Open Art Night →
Spark Art Studios and Emporium, 341 N Broadway, Burns
5:00 pm - Business Analytics Certification (CBAP) Training in Baker City, OR →
1705 Main St, Baker City
9:00 am - Coffee, Crafts & Cohorts →
Spark Art Studios and Emporium, 341 N Broadway, Burns
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Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS), Oregon Commission for the Blind and Oregon Department of Education have organized a webinar series to educate the community about
disability employment services and celebrate the many workplace successes. Join us on Tuesday, October 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Zoom for … (Nextdoor )
- Pro Venture posted a job opening for Speech Language Pathologist (Sign on Bonus) - Full Time in John Day. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
John Day
- Pre-Commercial Thinning Begins on Beech Project (usda.gov)
- Record 2026 Oregon wildfire season burned 2.1M acres, cost $1.4B (idahobusinessreview.com)
Baker City
- Commercial thinning planned in Baker City Watershed (elkhornmediagroup.com)
- 'Loving every second': Baker City steer wrestler Jesse Brown reflects on his record-breaking season (youroregonnews.com)
- All aboard fall foliage chugs into region (eastoregonian.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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