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🌱 Whidbey volunteers turn 5.5 tons of potatoes into food donations

Freeland, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Freeland! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Whidbey volunteers turn 5.5 tons of potatoes into food donations
  • Remembering Grant Heiken, Apollo geologist and Whidbey conservation volunteer

Also on today's calendar: Sip & Stroll Art Exhibition Continues and 5 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Clearing and a steady breeze, with a high of 66 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 61, low: 51.
  • Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 60 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• No small potatoes: Knights of Columbus bag 5.5 tons for charity (whidbeynewstimes.com) — Freeland’s Trinity Lutheran Church was among the recipients of about 11,000 pounds of potatoes bagged Saturday for nonprofits across Whidbey Island. The St. Hubert Knights of Columbus’ annual effort brings together donated crops, transportation and volunteer labor to help feed island families as Thanksgiving approaches.
   

• Grant Harvey Heiken: October, 11, 1942 – October, 11, 2026 (whidbeynewstimes.com) — Grant Heiken, a geologist who helped train Apollo astronauts and later championed conservation on Whidbey Island, died October 11 on his 84th birthday. A Whidbey-Camano Land Trust volunteer who also shared his geological knowledge locally, he will be remembered at 11 a.m. November 20 at St. Augustine’s-in-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland.
   

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    Help keep young people in their school community, connected to teachers, family, and friends. To learn more visit https://dcyf.wa.gov/foster-school… (Nextdoor )
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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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