🌱 How Phoenix High surprised its beloved librarian after 42 years

Good morning Phoenix! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Phoenix High surprised its beloved librarian after 42 years

Also on today's calendar: Planning Commission Meeting and 1 more event.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 92 and low of 51 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 55.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 92 and low of 53 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘The heart of the building:' Phoenix High librarian gets flowery sendoff surprise (rv-times.com) — Phoenix High School marked the retirement of longtime librarian and media specialist Brenda Selee with a surprise flower-filled sendoff through the halls she served for 42 years. Staff, students, and families in Phoenix described her as the heart of the building and a pillar of support, while her successor prepares to carry on her legacy for the school community.
   

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📸 Around Phoenix

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Phoenix

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9

• Mayor's Gallery at the Civic Center →
  Phoenix Plaza Civic Center, 220 N. Main St., Phoenix
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12

• Planning Commission Meeting →
  Phoenix Plaza Civic Center, 220 N. Main St., Phoenix
  6:30 pm

Thursday October 15

• 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

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📣 Phoenix Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Natural Bridge Wonders Hike →
  Fred Meyer North, 2424 Crater Lake Hwy., Medford
  9:00 am
• FALL COLORS EVENT #1: 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

Sunday October 4

• 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
• A Rocky Mountain High - Remembering John Denver - A Ted Vigil Tribute →
  Craterian Theater at The Collier Center for the Performing Arts, 23 S Central Ave, Medford
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Odie (our Jackson and Josephine counties-area mobile van)'s October 2026 schedule is ready!
  Come see Odie and his Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) friends to get help with ODHS services and supports. Visit https://bit.ly/OdieVanMap… (Nextdoor )

• Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Store Cashier I in Phoenix. Apply here.
• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in PHOENIX OR S25951 in Phoenix. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Phoenix here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Talent

• Rogue Community Cat Rescue opening new thrift shop in Talent (rv-times.com)

Medford

• Kotek and Drazan Set for Televised Medford Debate After Feisty Eugene Opener (thesunpapers.com)
• Medford Rogue Rotary ‘Sip & Stroll for Polio' (kobi5.com)
• Walls go up at SoHumane's new building as construction continues (kobi5.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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