🌱 How much fresh local food reaches Quilcene through Food Bank Growers?
Quilcene, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Quilcene! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How much fresh local food reaches Quilcene through Food Bank Growers?
- How did Quilcene fare against DeSales’ surging baseball squad?
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler with variable clouds, with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 63, low: 48.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 59 and low of 44 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Food Bank Growers connect gardens, schools and food banks (ptleader.com) — Quilcene’s food bank is part of a countywide garden and gleaning network that now produces tens of thousands of pounds of fresh food each year. Volunteers grow and harvest produce for food banks and school meal programs, teach gardening skills, and keep a steady flow of local fruits and vegetables moving into communities like Quilcene and Brinnon. 
• Baseball Recap: Desales Beats Almira-Coulee-Hartline for Their Fifth Straight Victory (maxpreps.com) — DeSales’ baseball team recently notched a 6–1 road win at Quilcene as part of a five-game streak that included an 11–8 playoff victory over Almira-Coulee-Hartline. The recap highlights standout performances from DeSales players and notes their current record and recent one-run loss to Naselle.
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Sequim City Band presents ‘Let's Go Soaring' concert (sequimgazette.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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