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🌱 How Yachats’ cemetery volunteers could shape Waldport’s future plans.

Also, don't miss COMMUNITY PRESERVATION IN ACTION This Saturday at Yachats Emergency Preparedness Fair on the Yachats Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Yachats' cemetery volunteers could shape Waldport's future plans.
  • Why travel writers say Yachats is a must-visit hidden gem

Also on today's calendar: COMMUNITY PRESERVATION IN ACTION This Saturday at Yachats Emergency Preparedness Fair and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Low clouds may break, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 66, low: 50.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 65 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Little-used, little-known and aging Waldport Cemetery needs help from new volunteers or the city • Lincoln Chronicle (lincolnchronicle.org) — Yachats Memorial Park is highlighted as a recent success story, where community outreach rebuilt a struggling cemetery board and attracted new volunteers. Waldport's only in-town cemetery now faces similar leadership and volunteer shortages, and city officials may look to Yachats' approach—possibly even consulting its cemetery group—as they decide whether volunteers or the city should take over long-term care.
   

• 15 Most Underrated Towns To Visit in the Pacific Northwest (financebuzz.com) — Yachats is spotlighted as one of the Pacific Northwest's most underrated towns, praised for its dramatic coastline, hiking trails, and lively village full of shops and restaurants. The guide encourages planning an off-season visit to Yachats for fewer crowds, coastal views, and easy access to nearby outdoor adventures across the Oregon coast.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Family Resource Home Care posted a job opening for In Home Caregiver - Yachats in Yachats. Apply here.
  • Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Waldport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yachats here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

  • Newport mayor Jan Kaplan is capable, engaged and caring • Lincoln Chronicle (lincolnchronicle.org)

Florence

  • Mapleton Water District Town Hall; Food Insecurity Impacted by Rise in Costs; Search and Rescue Volunteer Opportunity (kcfmradio.com)
  • UO's beach volleyball court is ready for play (dailyemerald.com)
  • Central Oregon Coast's Siuslaw Forestlands Will Begin Seeing Pile-Burning (beachconnection.net)

Ok Yachats! 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: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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