🌱 Court records reveal troubling history before Siletz toddler’s river drowning

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In today's newsletter:

• Court records reveal troubling history before Siletz toddler’s river drowning
• When and where Siletz Valley seniors cross the stage Saturday

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 57 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 59, low: 47.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 59 and low of 45 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘The baby's out': Court docs show history of Oregon toddler being unsupervised prior to drowning (koin.com) — A Siletz family is under scrutiny after new court documents described repeated instances of their young children being left unsupervised before a 2-year-old boy was later found drowned in the Siletz River. The filings outline earlier safety concerns in both Lincoln City and Siletz, and note that the boy’s father now faces a July 22 jury trial on a child neglect charge.
   

• Congratulations! It's graduation time for 400 Lincoln County high school seniors Friday and Saturday • Lincoln Chronicle (lincolnchronicle.org) — Siletz families can cheer on 16 Siletz Valley School seniors graduating this Saturday at 6 p.m., with Kyler Adams and Hailey Parr as valedictorians and Klohie Plummer as salutatorian. The story also rounds up graduation times and honorees at other Lincoln County high schools on Friday and Saturday, helpful if you have relatives or friends crossing stages across the county.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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