🌱 Patch AM: How your chocolate craving can directly support Shoreline’s senior center

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In today's newsletter:

• How your chocolate craving can directly support Shoreline's senior center
• Shoreline community mourns beloved longtime teacher and education advocate Rita Requa

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Warmer with hazy sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds breaking, temps: high: 75, low: 59.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Support the senior center! Eat more chocolate! October 24, 2026 (shorelineareanews.com) — Shoreline residents can indulge in the 2026 Shoreline Chocolate Festival on Saturday, October 24, 2026, with all ticket proceeds supporting programs at the Shoreline Senior Center. Seven local chocolatiers will offer tastings and sales, and early-bird $20 tickets are available online or directly from the senior center on 1st Ave NE in Shoreline.
   

• Rita Clare Requa: A life well lived, a spirit that lit up every room (myedmondsnews.com) — Shoreline is remembering longtime educator Rita Clare Requa, who taught for over 30 years in the Shoreline School District and led the Shoreline Education Association. Her family invites friends, former students, and colleagues to a celebration of her life on September 2 at the Edmonds Waterfront Center, honoring her advocacy, artistry, and deep commitment to local schools and teachers.
   

📸 Around Shoreline

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shoreline

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Wednesday August 26
• Grades Are Available to Students
  Shoreline Community College 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133
• PBT Information Sessions
  Shoreline Community College Zoom
  4:00 pm
• Angora Grotto
  Scottish Rite Masonic Center Seattle Scottish Rite 1207 N 152nd Street, Shoreline WA 98133 US
  6:30 pm
• Tacoma Class
  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church, 3615 N. Gove Street, Tacoma, 98407, United States
  7:00 pm
• Pajama Story Time
  Lake Forest Park Library 17171 Bothell Way NE , Seattle, WA 98155
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Nursing Program Admission Information Meeting
  Shoreline Community College
  11:00 am
• Biotech & Biomanufacturing Program Info Session
  Shoreline Community College
  3:00 pm
Friday August 28
• PNAnw Shoreline Chapter
  Scottish Rite Masonic Center Seattle Scottish Rite 1207 N 152nd Street, Shoreline WA 98133 US
  7:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• PCEP Board Meeting
  Maplewood Parent Cooperative Library
  6:50 pm
Wednesday August 26
• WSLP Advising Appointments
  Edmonds Heights K-12 Edmonds, WA 98020
  8:00 am
• Kenmore LGBTQ+ Youth Group
  Kenmore Library 6531 NE 181st Street, Kenmore, WA 98028
  4:30 pm
• PTA Welcome Back and Open House
  Arrowhead Elementary 6725 NE Arrowhead Drive, Kenmore, WA 98028
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Reunited, he went home!
  Sharing lost dog In Shoreline, cross streets 27th Ave NE and NE 158th St. (Nextdoor Meridian Park)

🗞 Nearby News

Lake Forest Park

• Botanical Eco Printing Workshop (lfptowncrier.com)
• LFP Community Book Drive Fuels Grassroots Literacy Movement Across Africa (lfptowncrier.com)
• Shoreline Chocolate Festival to Benefit Senior Center (lfptowncrier.com)

Kenmore

• Aviation Expo Debuts in Seattle With Tours, Marketplace, and Views of SeaTac (aeroxplorer.com)

Bothell

• Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains (kentucky.com)
• EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001493152-26-039674 (sec.gov)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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