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Cheers Shoreline! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Want to dine, bid, and support Shoreline's Kruckeberg Botanic Garden?
• How a Shoreline offer figured into a lawn ornament's strange journey
• Curious how many Metro stops Shoreline really has?

Also on today's calendar: Help Eastern WA Fire victims ART SUPPLIES DRIVE and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 69 and low of 54 degrees.
• Saturday: A passing shower, temps: high: 68, low: 54.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Garden Party Auction 2026 for Kruckeberg September 26, 2026 (shorelineareanews.com) — A major fundraiser for Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is coming to the Innis Arden Clubhouse in Shoreline on Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 5–9 p.m. Neighbors can enjoy dinner, wine, and live and silent auctions while supporting the preservation and free public access of this beloved Shoreline garden destination.
   

• No late fees at these Free Blockbuster boxes (heraldnet.com) — Shoreline gets a brief cameo in a quirky feature about Free Blockbuster boxes popping up around Everett and Edmonds, where neighbors trade DVDs and VHS tapes for free. The columnist also revisits Coco, a notorious lawn ornament, sharing how offers—including one from a Shoreline resident—poured in before Coco finally found a new home in Lake Stevens.
   

• Seattle Transit Trivia Answers (seattletransitblog.com) — Transit fans can see how Shoreline stacks up in Seattle Transit Trivia results, where Shoreline is noted as having 222 King County Metro bus stops in Fall 2025—more than Bothell or Issaquah. The answer key also shares ridership stats, historic routes, and quirky details about ferries, Link light rail, and buses across the region for anyone who loves local transit data.
   

📸 Around Shoreline

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shoreline

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 1
• Help Eastern WA Fire victims ART SUPPLIES DRIVE →
  Crown Bees - Solitary Bees, Houses & Supplies, 17721 132nd Ave NE, Woodinville
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Lacey Class
  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Ovation at Oak Tree, Lacey, 9027 Bowthorpe St SE, Lacey, United States
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• Nursing Assistant-Certified (NAC) Information Session
  Shoreline Community College
  3:00 pm
• West Seattle Class (Branch class)
  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Fauntleroy Church, 9140 California Ave SW, Seattle, United States
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Tacoma Class
  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church, 3615 N. Gove Street, Tacoma, 98407, United States
  7:00 pm
• Fort Worden Dance Practice
  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society WA
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• On-Campus Orientation
  Shoreline Community College 4102
  9:30 am
• Nursing Program Admission Information Meeting
  Shoreline Community College
  11:00 am
• Phinney Class (Branch class)
  Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
  1:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Rainbow Bingo →
  Shoreline Lake Forest Park Senior Activity Center, Lake Forest Park
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• Kenmore Afternoon Book Group
  Kenmore Library 6531 NE 181st Street, Kenmore, WA 98028
  2:00 pm
• Back to School BBQ
  Madrona K-8 School Edmonds, WA 98026
  4:00 pm
• Music at Third Place Commons Lake Forest Park →
  Third Place Commons, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park
  7:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Bluegrass jam and concert →
  Copperworks Distilling - Kenmore, 7324 NE 175th St, Kenmore
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Milky Way and a Perseid Meteor over Mount Rainier (Tipsoo Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA;
  8/12/2026 at 2:09 AM) Mount Rainier rises in silhouette beneath a breathtaking night sky, its snow-covered peak faintly illuminated. The Milky Way… (Nextdoor Parkwood)
• I've been on photo trip after photo trip for ages, so am way behind on editing and posting.
  Here's a few from my latest trip. Shot info: 1. 94% waxing moon rising above Naches Peak, Aug 24 at 9:18 pm. silhouetted are abies grandis, aka… (Nextdoor Richmond Highlands)

🗞 Nearby News

Lake Forest Park

• Seattle's best kid-friendly coffee shops (seattleschild.com)
• Huskies Host No. 3 Portland For All-PNW Clash (gohuskies.com)

Kenmore

• CERT Basic Training free course begins September 23, 2026 (shorelineareanews.com)
• GCSAA: Assistant superintendents chosen for 9th EXCEL Leadership Program (firstcallgolf.com)
• No. 11 Washington Hosts In-State Foe Gonzaga Thursday Night In Seattle (gohuskies.com)

Bothell

• Briefs: Bellingham T-Mobile store expected to close; rock shop opens in Fairhaven (cascadiadaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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