Community Corner
🌱 How Phoenix High is honoring a librarian after 42 years of service
Coming up: Mayor's Gallery at the Civic Center on the Phoenix Patch calendar
Good morning Phoenix! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Phoenix High is honoring a librarian after 42 years of service
- When Phoenix Pirates teams take the court and field this week
- How Phoenix volunteers helped clean up Bear Creek and beyond
Also on today's calendar: Planning Commission Meeting and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 52 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 51.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Longtime Phoenix-Talent School District employee retires (kobi5.com) — A beloved Phoenix High School librarian is retiring after 42 years serving students across the Phoenix-Talent School District, and staff just surprised her with a heartfelt sendoff on campus. She'll be honored with a plaque outside the library and will return later this month as grand marshal of Phoenix High's homecoming parade, before settling into retirement with her grandsons. 
• From the 960 Sports Desk – 9/28/26 (mybasin.com) — Phoenix High fans can circle this week for big home and away matchups, with the Phoenix Pirates volleyball, girls soccer and boys soccer teams all featured in upcoming league play. The roundup also recaps recent high school football results across the region, highlighting standout performances and setting the stage for key games that could shape fall sports momentum.
• Local Action, Regional Impact: Volunteers Clean Beaches, Rivers & Community Spaces (cascadebusnews.com) — Phoenix residents recently joined neighbors across the Rogue Valley for SOLVE's Beach & Riverside Cleanup, pitching in on Bear Creek Stewardship Day projects in Phoenix, Talent, Ashland and Medford. Volunteers helped pull litter, remove invasive plants and care for local waterways, contributing to nearly 9,000 pounds of trash removed and thousands of square feet of habitat improved across Oregon and Southwest Washington.
📸 Around Phoenix
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Phoenix
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★ Featured events ★
- Mayor's Gallery at the Civic Center →
Phoenix Plaza Civic Center, 220 N. Main St., Phoenix
5:00 pm
Friday October 9
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Other local events
- Planning Commission Meeting →
Phoenix Plaza Civic Center, 220 N. Main St., Phoenix
6:30 pm - PHURAC Meeting →
Phoenix Plaza Civic Center, 220 N. Main St., Phoenix
4:00 pm - Parks and Recreation Meeting →
Phoenix Plaza Civic Center, 220 N. Main St., Phoenix
6:00 pm
Monday October 12
Thursday October 15
📣 Phoenix Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- FREE MUSIC + WINE SERIES FEATURING Dr. Pain & The Remedy →
RoxyAnn Winery, 3283 Hillcrest Rd, MEDFORD
6:00 pm - FALL COLORS EVENT #1: Natural Bridge Wonders Hike →
Fred Meyer North, 2424 Crater Lake Hwy., Medford
9:00 am - Natural Bridge Wonders Hike →
Fred Meyer North, 2424 Crater Lake Hwy., Medford
9:00 am - 55th Annual Talent Harvest Festival →
204 E Main St, Talent
10:00 am - Oktoberfest →
631 Medford Center, Medford
3:00 pm - Welcome to the Disruption →
Craterian Theater at The Collier Center for the Performing Arts, 23 S Central Ave, Medford
7:00 pm - Denise Kester →
The Talent Gallery, 111 Talent Ave, Talent
12:00 pm - Denise Kester | Tracing Paper Transfers Monoprints and Drawing →
The Talent Gallery, 111 Talent Ave, Talent
12:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
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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 )
- Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in PHOENIX OR S25951 in Phoenix. Apply here.
- Target posted a job opening for 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T0613) in Medford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Phoenix here.
🗞 Nearby News
Talent
- Police Blotter 9/29/2026: Talent – Unlawful Delivery of Meth; Oregon State Police – I-5, Non-Injury Crash with a Deer (theashlandchronicle.com)
- In memory of Asadour Santourian (armenianweekly.com)
Medford
- Medford council, planning commission to discuss data centers (rv-times.com)
- Mrs. Virginia Ruth Adams (rv-times.com)
- Medford Man Jailed After Pursuits, Drug Seizures (rogueriverpress.com)
Ok Phoenix! 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: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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