🌱 How a Rainier volleyball star jumped to Division I beach

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Rainier volleyball star jumped to Division I beach

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

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 48 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 74, low: 46.
• Monday: Some sun, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Rainier senior Allyson Ooms commits to CSU Bakersfield to play DI beach volleyball (yelmonline.com) — Rainier High School senior volleyball standout Allyson Ooms has verbally committed to play Division I beach volleyball at CSU Bakersfield, capping a rapid rise after just 18 months in the sport. Before heading to California after graduating from Rainier in 2027, she’ll lead the Mountaineers through one more indoor season as they chase another deep 2B state tournament run.
   

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📸 Around Rainier

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rainier

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8

• Mossyrock at Rainier →
  308 2nd St W, Rainier
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5

• Volleyball @ Rainier VS Mossyrock
  Rainier Middle School Rainier, WA 98576
  5:00 pm
• RHS JV FB @ Mossyrock
  Rainier Senior High School Rainier, WA 98576
  6:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• RHS VB @ Toledo
  Rainier Senior High School Rainier, WA 98576
  5:45 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Volleyball @ Adna VS Adna
  Rainier Middle School Rainier, WA 98576
  5:45 pm

Thursday October 8

• RHS VB vs Mossyrock
  Rainier Senior High School Rainier, WA 98576
  5:45 pm
• Football @ Menlo
  Rainier Middle School Rainier, WA 98576
  6:00 pm

Friday October 9

• RHS Football@Onalaska
  Rainier Senior High School Rainier, WA 98576
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• THS Homecoming Dance
  Tenino High School, 500 W 2nd Ave, Tenino
  7:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• SRO Theater Presents Little Shop of Horrors →
  1315 Yelm Ave W, Yelm

Monday October 5

• Girls 7/8th Soccer vs Elma Middle School - Varsity
  Tenino School District, 500 W 2nd St, Tenino
  4:00 pm
• V SOCCER VS ELMA
  Tenino Beaver Stadium, Hodgden St N, Tenino
  4:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Wanted Radio Tubes
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Walmart posted a job opening for Apparel Team Supervisor in Yelm. Apply here.
• American Family Insurance posted a job opening for Insurance Agent - Yelm, WA in Yelm. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rainier here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yelm

• Yelm-based SRO Theater returns with 11 showings of ‘Little Shop of Horrors' (yelmonline.com)
• Yelm drops eighth straight to start season, swept by Sumner (yelmonline.com)
• Medic One Hosts a Yelm Town Hall for Community Needs Assessment, Oct. 4! (yelmcommunity.org)

Lacey

• Northmarq Arranges $25.5M in Acquisition Financing for Chambers Reserve, a For-Rent Townhome Community in Lacey, WA (citybiz.co)
• Experience Olympia & Beyond Announces 2026 Tourism Award Winners (thurstontalk.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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