🌱 Thrive Fall Retreat 2026 and 10 more events

Hello Ocean Park! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Brooks Hill at Peninsula Arts Center, Long Beach at Peninsula Arts Center
• Thrive Fall Retreat 2026 at Dunes Bible Camp

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 54 degrees.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 66, low: 56.
• Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 62 and low of 56 degrees.

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📸 Around Ocean Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ocean Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17

• Brooks Hill at Peninsula Arts Center, Long Beach →
  Peninsula Arts Center, 504 Pacific Ave N, Long Beach
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9

• Thrive Fall Retreat 2026 →
  Dunes Bible Camp, 23515 Pacific Way, Ocean Park
  7:00 pm

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📣 Ocean Park Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 5

• 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

Tuesday October 6

• Volleyball @ Chief Leschi
  Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
  5:45 pm

Wednesday October 7

• 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

Friday October 9

• Football Home vs. RSB
  Ilwaco High School Long Beach, WA 98631
  7:00 pm
• Raymond/South Bend at Ilwaco →
  Ilwaco High School, 404 School Rd, Ilwaco
  7:00 pm

Saturday October 10

• One Sky One World fun fly →
  Bolstad Beach Approach, Long Beach
  10:00 am
• Cranberry Greenhouse Activies at Cranberry Harvest Festival →
  Cranberry Museum and Research Center Greenhouse, 2907 Pioneer Rd, Long Beach
  10:00 am
• Water Music Festival 2026 →
  The Historic Chinook School, 810 US-101, Chinook
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Needing an Opthomologist MD asap.
  Can anyone recommend someone nearby or even Astoria? Husband got metal in his eye while grinding. (How it got past the safety goggles is beyond me!)… (Nextdoor Surfside)
• Another great cleaning today!
  Thank you ameras inhome cleaning. If your looking for a house cleaner shes really good. (Nextdoor Ocean Park)

• Ocean Beach School District posted a job opening for Substitute School Custodian/Light Maintenance in Long Beach. Apply here.
• Waste Connections, Inc. posted a job opening for Class A Roll-Off Driver in Ilwaco. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ocean Park here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Long Beach

• Author assembles kindred creators to meet readers (discoverourcoast.com)
• Community Groups and Meetings: Oct. 1, 2026 (dailyastorian.com)
• Coast Weekend Calendar Oct. 1 to Oct. 8 (discoverourcoast.com)

South Bend

• Prep volleyball: Huskies showcase togetherness in sweep of Ravens (bellinghamherald.com)

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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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