🌱 Patch AM: Tech Support for Older Adults and 11 more events

Good morning to you Mercer Island! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Tech Support for Older Adults at Mercer Island Library
• MIHS Admin/Fees and Photos, Make Up at Mercer Island School District
• 中文家庭故事会 / Mandarin Story Time at Mercer Island Library

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.
• Monday: Pleasant with some sun, temps: high: 77, low: 55.
• Tuesday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.

📸 Around Mercer Island

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mercer Island

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Monday August 31
• Tech Support for Older Adults
  Mercer Island Library 4400 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
  3:15 pm
Wednesday September 2
• MIHS Admin/Fees and Photos, Make Up
  Mercer Island School District MIHS Main Entry
  8:00 am
Thursday September 3
• 中文家庭故事会 / Mandarin Story Time
  Mercer Island Library 4400 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
  10:30 am
• LR PTA Back to School Picnic
  Mercer Island School District LR Field
  5:00 pm
Tuesday September 8
• Building Club
  Mercer Island Library 4400 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
  4:00 pm
• NW Curriculum Night
  Mercer Island School District NW Lunch Commons
  5:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• New Staff Breakfast with MISD Superintendent
  Mercer Island School District Northwood
  7:30 am
• Let's Dance!
  Mercer Island Library 4400 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday August 30
• Arts in the Garden
  Bellevue Botanical Garden Garden Grounds, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, 98005, United States
  10:00 am
Monday August 31
• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Newport Way Library 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue, WA 98006
  1:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Confidence in Conversation: Beginner and Intermediate English Learn
  Lake Hills Library 15590 Lake Hills Boulevard, Bellevue, WA 98007
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Bilingual Kaleidoscope Play & Learn / 仁⼈双语幼⼉乐园
  Newport Way Library 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue, WA 98006
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Rats galore!!!
  I decided to aim my trail cam at the bird feeder last night. Not surprisingly i got lots of rat photos. I'm not a rataphobe, but it is interesting to… (Nextdoor North Mercer Island)

• Amazon posted a job opening for Senior Product Manager, Driver Safety Technology, Global Road Safety in Bellevue. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Bellevue

• Iconic Bellevue, WA destination is up for sale after 80 years (fox13seattle.com)
• TikTok Cuts 75 More Jobs at Its Bellevue Office for the Second Straight Year (startupfortune.com)
• 5 men indicted for laundering $7.4M stolen from elderly victims through tech support scams in WA (kiro7.com)

Seattle

• Words, Writers, Southwest Stories with Jennifer Ott (westseattleblog.com)

Ok Mercer Island! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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