🌱 Which Long Beach authors will you meet at Saturday’s free book fair?
Long Beach, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning to you Long Beach! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which Long Beach authors will you meet at Saturday’s free book fair?
Also on today's calendar: One Sky One World fun fly and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 67 and low of 52 degrees.
- Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 55.
- Monday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 62 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Author assembles kindred creators to meet readers (discoverourcoast.com) — Local readers can meet several Long Beach authors and other Pacific Northwest writers at the free Pacific Northwest Authors Book Fair in Seaview on Oct. 3, with sessions all day and evening readings. Organizer and Long Beach writer Jan Bono joins fellow Long Beach authors like Mandy Schimelpfenig and Jim Tweedie, and there’s also a book-signing at Long Beach’s Cranberry Museum later this month. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Cranberry Greenhouse Activies at Cranberry Harvest Festival →
Cranberry Museum and Research Center Greenhouse, 2907 Pioneer Rd, Long Beach
10:00 am
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
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Soccer @ Toutle Lake
Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
6:00 pm -
JV Football vs. Napavine
Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
6:00 pm -
Volleyball @ Chief Leschi
Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
5:45 pm -
Volleyball vs. Winlock
Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
5:45 pm -
Soccer @ Napavine
Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
6:00 pm -
Football Home vs. RSB
Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
7:00 pm -
One Sky One World fun fly →
Bolstad Beach Approach, Long Beach
10:00 am -
FarmStrong at Peninsula Performing Arts Center →
Peninsula Arts Center, 504 Pacific Avenue North, Long Beach
4:00 pm
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Wednesday October 7
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Raymond/South Bend at Ilwaco →
Ilwaco High School, 404 School Rd, Ilwaco
7:00 pm -
Free Lunch & Learn: Slips, Trips and Falls →
Ocean Beach Hospital – Ilwaco Clinic, 176 First Ave N., Ilwaco
12:00 pm -
Brooks Hill at Peninsula Arts Center, Long Beach →
Peninsula Arts Center, 504 Pacific Ave N, Long Beach
6:00 pm
Friday October 9
Monday October 12
Saturday October 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ever wonder what happens when judges, attorneys, and journalists sit down together to better understand one another’s work?
In the newest episode of the Washington Courts Report podcast, host Patric Haerle talks with former King County Superior Court judges Bill Downing… (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
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- Will voters send a logger to the statehouse? (nwlaborpress.org)
- PCA thanks fundraising participants (theeagle.news)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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