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Mount Vernon, Oregon Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Mount Vernon! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 50 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 55.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 50 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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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
10:00 am -
Local History Discussion Group →
Harney County Museum, 18 W D St, Burns
2:00 pm -
Wallowa at Powder Valley →
333 G St, North Powder
6:00 pm -
Baker Night At The Opera →
Fairgrounds / Leo Adler Field, 2600 East Street, Baker City
4:30 pm -
Wadatika Reservation Day Pow Wow 2026 →
Burns OR -
Prairie City at Powder Valley →
333 G St, North Powder
5:00 pm
Saturday October 3
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Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
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🗞 Nearby News
John Day
- John Day quilt show stitching together a growing tradition (bluemountaineagle.com)
- Wildfires ravage through Oregon and affect students (thelinfieldreview.com)
- Malheur National Forest firewood cutting begins Oct. 6th (elkhornmediagroup.com)
Baker City
- The Great Salt Lick raises nearly 16k for Parkinson's research (elkhornmediagroup.com)
- October heat wave could break daily records (bakercityherald.com)
- Baker County property tax statements to hit the mail by Oct. 25th (elkhornmediagroup.com)
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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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