🌱 Patch AM: How a retired Plum teacher’s gift grew into 50,000 trees

Morning Plum! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a retired Plum teacher's gift grew into 50,000 trees
• Plum Mustangs set to challenge No. 2 seed in WPIALs

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Rain, with a high of 64 and low of 58 degrees.
• Monday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 71, low: 59.
• Tuesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sakolsky Forest: Retired Plum teacher returns to Chinese forest nearly 30 years after donation (wtae.com) — A retired Plum Borough School District teacher has returned to China nearly three decades after helping fund what became the 50,000-tree Sakolsky Forest, and he's now sharing that experience from his Plum home. His story of environmental cooperation with Chinese partner Yin Yuzhen has drawn international attention, and he's using it to encourage local schools to revive teacher exchanges and inspire students to plant trees.
   

• Tennis standout reaches 100 wins (bphawkeye.org) — A standout high school tennis player has reached an impressive 100 career wins while leading her team into another deep postseason run. Local fans will see Plum represented when the Mustangs face the No. 2-seeded Black Hawks in the WPIAL team tournament at BPHS on Oct. 12, with Fisher aiming to carry her momentum into both team and state singles play.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plum

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 31
• Corinth #229 (5B) Halloween "Spooktacular Pumpkin Patch" & Entertaining Grand Officers →
  Palmieri's Restaurant, 951 Old Frankstown Road, Plum
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• PE- Book Fair
  Pivik Elementary School, 151 School Rd, Pittsburgh
  8:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• HS Blood Drive
  Fox Chapel Area High School, 611 Field Club Rd, Pittsburgh
  7:30 am
Friday October 16
• FCASD Homecoming Community Carnival
  Fox Chapel Area High School, 611 Field Club Rd, Pittsburgh
  4:00 pm
• PE- 6pm Trunk Or Treat
  Pivik Elementary School, 151 School Rd, Pittsburgh
  6:00 pm
• HS Homecoming Football game
  Fox Chapel Area High School, 611 Field Club Rd, Pittsburgh
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 12
• Library Closed - Staff Development Day →
  Oakmont PA
• Offices Closed for Columbus Day →
  Cheswick PA
• Cookbook Club at Longwood at Oakmont →
  Oakmont PA
  6:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Meditation with the Monks →
  Oakmont Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont
  6:00 pm
• Meditation with the Monks @ The Oakmont Presbyterian Church →
  Oakmont PA
  6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Tab Benoit (21+ Event) →
  Jergel's Rhythm Grille, 103 Slade Lane, Warrendale
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Cheswick

• New grants for local green spaces, info about my Veterans Dinner, and more (pahouse.com)
• Harvest Baptist group uses Buffalo Creek half-marathon as fundraiser for rare disease, Friedreich's ataxia (triblive.com)

Oakmont

• Could the PGA Championship Return to Chicago? Future Venues Through 2035 (chicagogolfreport.com)

Monroeville

• Doug Webster: Pa.'s Legislature has a productivity and transparency problem (triblive.com)
• Football-themed lessons turn learning into fun at Monroeville elementary school (cbsnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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