🌱 What family fun awaits at Centralia’s Birthday Bash 2026?
Centralia, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Centralia! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What family fun awaits at Centralia’s Birthday Bash 2026?
- How close did a Centralia lawmaker come to Mount St. Helens disaster?
Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 64 and low of 39 degrees.
- Sunday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 72, low: 42.
- Monday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 81 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Local mobile businesses prepare for Birthday Bash 2026 event at Moose Lodge in Centralia (chronline.com) — Centralia’s Moose Lodge will host the free Birthday Bash 2026 on Saturday, June 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring local mobile businesses and food trucks. Families can enjoy bounce houses, mini golf, face painting, music, artisan vendors and raffles benefiting the lodge while celebrating several small-business anniversaries. 
• Former local lawmaker recalls helicopter trip around Mount St. Helens just hours before secondary eruption (thenewstribune.com) — A former Centralia-area state lawmaker is sharing how he flew by helicopter around Mount St. Helens just hours before a secondary 1980 eruption, then returned home to Centralia before heading to Ocean Shores with his family. His memories highlight how ash from that later blast affected local travel, vehicles, and daily life across the region, including Centralia residents.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Good evening everyone!
I’m just being nosy, but does anyone know what is being built in front of Home Depot in Chehalis? Thanks!! (Nextdoor Fords Prairie) - Just saw two dogs (one black and one white) at the corner of Eureka and E.
Carson. No people are with them so I'm thinking they got out. (Nextdoor North Centralia)
- St. Moritz Security Service posted a job opening for Unarmed Flex Security Officer in Centralia. Apply here.
- Jack in the Box, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Crew in Centralia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Centralia here.
🗞 Nearby News
Chehalis
- Death notices: May 29, 2026 (chronline.com)
- Chehalis man charged with first-degree child molestation (thenewstribune.com)
- Afternoon on 'The Hill' Part II: Green Hill School superintendent talks staffing, recreation, healthcare (thenewstribune.com)
Rochester
- Co-op preschools face uncertainty amid community college funding shift (theolympian.com)
- In loving memory of Darlene Lund: 1945-2026 (chronline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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