🌱 Patch AM: Ready to reel in cash and conservation at Edmonds’ Coho Derby?

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In today's newsletter:

• Ready to reel in cash and conservation at Edmonds' Coho Derby?
• How a statewide cellphone ban could reshape Edmonds classrooms by 2027
• Why Mountlake Terrace leaders keep pointing to Edmonds as their model

Also on today's calendar: 7th Annual DachSand and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Clouds breaking, a shower, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.
• Sunday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 68, low: 54.
• Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Edmonds Coho Derby returns Sept. 12 with big prizes and salmon conservation spotlight (myedmondsnews.com) — Edmonds anglers and families can hit the water Sept. 12 for the 2026 Edmonds Coho Derby, with big cash prizes and youth divisions based out of the Port of Edmonds marina. Beyond fishing, you'll find food trucks, ice cream, a salmon conservation talk, and a new SeaSport boat on display, all centered on the Edmonds waterfront.
   

• WA governor lays groundwork for cellphone ban in public schools (myedmondsnews.com) — A statewide push to ban cellphones during the entire public school day could eventually change classroom life for Edmonds students and teachers. Gov. Bob Ferguson is touring Washington to build support for the 2027 rollout, while Sen. Marko Liias of Edmonds has already advanced related legislation that led to a statewide study on phone policies.
   

• Council reviews final city branding options, second-quarter fiscal report (mymltnews.com) — Mountlake Terrace officials are refining a new city brand and reviewing second‑quarter finances, while repeatedly looking to Edmonds for inspiration on skate parks, taglines, and mural policies. Councilmembers cited Edmonds' "It's an Edmonds kind of day" slogan and detailed mural criteria as models, as they weigh placemaking ideas, youth spaces, and arts investments that could influence future regional collaborations and expectations in nearby Edmonds.
   

📸 Around Edmonds

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Edmonds

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Monday August 31
• Renaissance Work Party
  Madrona K-8 School Edmonds, WA 98026
  4:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Beginning Watercolor
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  1:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Tai Chi/ Great Room
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  9:00 am
• Open Studio / Great Room
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  10:30 am
Friday September 4
• Open Studio - great room
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  10:00 am
• Art for All - classroom
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  11:30 am
• Alla Prima Painting class/Great Room
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  6:00 pm
• Painting Open Session/ Live Model Great Room
  Art Works Edmonds, WA 98020
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• 7th Annual DachSand →
  Seaside Beach, 44 12th Ave, Seaside
  12:00 pm
• Rotary Club of Edmonds Oktoberfest Family Festival →
  598 Bell St, Edmonds
  3:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Rotary Club of Edmonds Oktoberfest Family Festival →
  598 Bell St, Edmonds
  12:00 pm
• Woodway High School 50th Reunion Class of 1976 →
  Lynnwood Neighborhood Center, 19509 64th Ave W, Lynnwood
  6:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• If you have to go through a fight with cancer in whatever form it takes, you probably couldn't do better than Fred Hutch.
  I am currently cancer free, and go for maintenance therapy there every month now. The staff is all very good at what they do, and the quality of care… (Nextdoor Lake Ballinger)
• Question: I am new to North Lynnwood, and drive north on Admiralty Way daily.
  There are trailers that are too wide, and they sit parked at the curb seemingly forever. There is a semi truck cab that is also too wide and it sits… (Nextdoor Esperance / Westgate)

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Domino's Pizza Maker/CSR - Edmonds, WA (7030) in Edmonds. Apply here.
• Crane Aerospace & Electronics posted a job opening for Production Supervisor II in Lynnwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Edmonds here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mountlake Terrace

• Ask The Old Guy: Wrapping up the preseason, heading into cut weekend (panthers.com)

Lynnwood

• Two years later, Alderwood Mall shooting suspect accepts guilty plea (myedmondsnews.com)
• A fundraising update from the Founder's Desk: $26K donated so far (myedmondsnews.com)
• Washington State Workers Plan Statewide Walkout After 'Not a Dime' Pay Offer (lynnwoodtimes.com)

Mukilteo

• Sleep Disordered Breathing Severity Alters Overnight Temperature Changes in Children (nih.gov)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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