🌱 Patch AM: Which Wilsonville High students just earned elite National Merit honors?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Wilsonville High students just earned elite National Merit honors?
• Wilsonville's Coffee Creek prison reports death of longtime inmate
• How did West Linn's girls dominate rival Wilsonville on the pitch?

Also on today's calendar: Happy Hour on the Farm and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 84 and low of 54 degrees.
• Friday: Not as warm with some sun, temps: high: 75, low: 50.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lake Oswego, West Linn-Wilsonville students are named National Merit semifinalists (wilsonvillespokesman.com) — Wilsonville High School students Adam Ibrahim and Anvi Singh have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, placing them among the top 1% of seniors nationwide. They join classmates from West Linn and Lake Oswego in competing for scholarships next spring, highlighting strong academic performance in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District.
   

• Coquille woman serving life sentence dies at Coffee Creek prison (kval.com) — A 64-year-old woman serving a life sentence died Tuesday at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, with state police and the medical examiner now reviewing the case. Officials say she had been imprisoned since 2011 for killing an elderly neighbor, and standard procedures are underway to determine her cause of death.
   

• West Linn girls soccer aiming high once again (youroregonnews.com) — West Linn's girls soccer team has opened the season 1-2-1 but recently shut out cross-district rival Wilsonville 4-0, signaling they remain a threat in the Three Rivers League. With several all-league returners and a new coach, the Lions are targeting another deep playoff run that Wilsonville fans will likely be watching closely.
   

📸 Around Wilsonville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wilsonville

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• Frog Pond Farm Pumpkin Patch →
  Frog Pond Farm, 2995 SW Advance Road, Wilsonville
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday September 18
• Happy Hour on the Farm →
  The Kitchen at Middleground Farms, 4651 SW Homesteader Rd, Wilsonville
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• 3rd Annual Autumn Fresh Hop Fest →
  Wilsonville OR
• Frog Pond Farm Pumpkin Patch →
  Frog Pond Farm, 2995 SW Advance Road, Wilsonville
  9:00 am
• Music Class with Heart Strings Mandarin
  Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville
  11:00 am
• Wilsonville HS Robotics Team
  Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville
  1:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Aaron the Fun-Gi Shares Mushroom Adventures!
  Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville
  2:00 pm
• 90s Music Bingo →
  Vanguard Brewing, 27501 SW 95th Ave #945, Wilsonville
  5:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Trolley Storytime
  Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville
  3:30 pm
• General Trivia →
  Vanguard Brewing, 27501 SW 95th Ave #945, Wilsonville
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 24
• WRL Preview →
  Wilsonville OR

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• CLOSED - HF →
  Tri County Gun Club, 13050 SW Tonquin Rd., Sherwood
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: owner and this sweet girl were reunited!
  We found this dog in our backyard this afternoon… on Willamette Way West. no collar, If this is your dog or you know who it is, would love to… (Nextdoor Rivergreen)

• Republic Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Billing Supervisor - BU - ES in Wilsonville. Apply here.
• Bass Pro Shops posted a job opening for CLUB Customer Service Associate, Part-Time in Tualatin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wilsonville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Canby

• Custom 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Gets Grand Touring Upgrades (classiccars.com)
• Keeper Oswaldo Vazquez comes up with key penalty kick save in second half (woodburnindependent.com)
• Poll shows Drazan holding slim lead over Kotek in governor's race (philomathnews.com)

West Linn

• West Linn police log: A dog-breeder scam, reckless e-bike riding and more (westlinntidings.com)
• Anthem Memory Care Appoints Community Relations Director for Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Community (argentum.org)
• Roseburg relies on '5-headed monster' to open 3-0 in search of first league title since 2005 (oregonlive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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