🌱 Deer Park’s Winterfest canceled as organizers seek new leadership

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In today's newsletter:

• Deer Park’s Winterfest canceled as organizers seek new leadership
• Deer Park volleyball closes season with a home-court highlight
• Woman arrested after stabbing at Deer Park’s Swinyard Park

Also on today's calendar: Sip & Stroll Art Exhibition Continues.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sun and clouds, with a high of 58 and low of 36 degrees.
• Thursday: Sun and areas of high clouds, temps: high: 56, low: 38.
• Friday: Showers around in the p.m., with a high of 60 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Deer Park Winterfest Canceled (dptribune.com) — Deer Park’s Winterfest 2027 has been canceled because organizers couldn’t find enough volunteers willing to lead it. The tradition, which began in 1985, could return if someone takes charge, a Kiwanis member says. The Chamber of Commerce is discussing possible collaboration but has made no commitment.
   

• Deer Park Volleyball Wins One, Loses One in Final Week of Season (dptribune.com) — Deer Park volleyball gave its home crowd a final win over North Central in the district tournament before falling to top-ranked Pullman the next day. Junior setter Avaree Ingwaldsen sparked the home comeback with 11 consecutive service points and earned first-team all-league recognition later that week.
   

• Woman arrested following stabbing at Deer Park's Swinyard Park (kxly.com) — A man suffered a non-life-threatening stab wound during an altercation at Deer Park’s Swinyard Park on Monday. Deputies say he intervened when 18-year-old Cloey-Lynn A. Seslar allegedly tried to stab a woman. Seslar was booked into Spokane County Jail on assault and attempted assault charges.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Deer Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 14

• Sip & Stroll Art Exhibition Continues →
  The Winemakers Reserve, 15902 Woodinville Redmond Rd NE, Woodinville
  9:00 am
• Spokane Fall Folk Festival →
  Spokane Community College, 1810 N Greene St, Spokane
  11:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• Crema Visits Arcadia
  ARCADIA ELEMENTARY Deer Park, WA 99006
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Family Storytime Play & Learn
  Indian Trail - Indian Trail Events
  10:00 am
• Baby Storytime Play & Learn
  Liberty Park - Liberty Park Events
  10:00 am
• Toddler Storytime Play & Learn
  Shadle Park - Shadle Park Events
  10:00 am
• Loon Lake Storytime →
  Loon Lake Library & LOSC District Administration Office, 3988 WA-292, Loon Lake
  10:30 am
• Coffee & Conversation
  Central - nxʷyxʷyetkʷ Hall
  11:30 am
• Dungeons and Dragons: Table 1
  Shadle Park - Shadle Park Classroom
  3:15 pm
• Glow-In-The-Dark Painting with Stencils
  South Hill - South Hill Events
  3:30 pm
• Kokedama at the Loon Lake Library →
  Loon Lake Library & LOSC District Administration Office, 3988 WA-292, Loon Lake
  4:00 pm
• Thrive Monthly
  Liberty Park - Liberty Park Events
  4:30 pm
• Turkey Bingo at Salk
  Balboa Elementary, 6411 N Alberta St, Spokane
  5:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Nutcracker Storytime with the Spokane Symphony
  Central - Central Events B
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Anyone wanting to get rid of pumpkins, our very sweet, Chuck The Cow would love them!!
  Just toss them over the fence at 32808 N Spotted Rd! (Nextdoor West 395 Deer Park)

• pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR - 21 and older only - in LOON LAKE WA S23347 in Loon Lake. Apply here.
• FedEx Corporation posted a job opening for Sort Manager - Station in Spokane. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Deer Park here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Mead

• 2026 WIAA State girls soccer preview (courierherald.com)

Spokane

• Spokane Valley men honored after helping free woman from crash (khq.com)
• Then and Now: Spokane's industrial waterfront (spokesman.com)
• More than $20 thousand raised to support families of fallen Spokane County Sheriff deputies (kxly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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