🌱 How White Swan students honored Indigenous boarding school survivors this week
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- How White Swan students honored Indigenous boarding school survivors this week
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 80 and low of 49 degrees.
- Sunday: Warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 82, low: 50.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Orange Shirt Day in Toppenish remembers Indigenous boarding school students (yakimaherald.com) — Students and staff at White Swan High School joined Orange Shirt Day by wearing orange and walking together to honor Indigenous boarding school survivors and victims. Their participation was part of a broader Yakima Valley observance, including events at Heritage University in Toppenish, focused on remembrance, healing, and learning about the legacy of government- and church-run boarding schools. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Vintques Car Club Un Run →
Central Wa Ag Museum, 4509 Main St, Union Gap
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Connell at Wapato →
Wapato High School, 1103 S. Wasco Avenue, Wapato
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Yakima Fall 2026 Wine Club Pick-up Party →
Wilrdge Vineyard, Winery & Distillery, 102 Wilridge Way, Yakima
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Demolition Derby at State Fair Park in Yakima →
State Fair Park - Home of the Yakima Valley SunDome & Central Washington State Fair, 1301 S Fair Ave, Yakima
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Disney All Ages Drag Show Brunch →
Y kitchen and bar, 2201 W Lincoln Ave, Yakima
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YSA Break the Fast →
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 705 South 38th Avenue, Yakima
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Pumpkin Pair - Ages 21 and up →
Hoops, 2103 W. Lincoln Ave., Yakima
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JV Football vs. Sunnyside
West Valley School District (Yakima) Yakima, WA 98908
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Sunnyside JV Football @ West Valley →
West Valley High School, 9800 Zier Rd, Yakima
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Soccer vs. Eastmont
West Valley School District (Yakima) Yakima, WA 98908
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Adams Family Reading Night
Adams Elementary School Wapato, WA 98951
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Naches Valley at Wapato →
Wapato High School, 1103 S. Wasco Avenue, Wapato
6:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
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🗞 Nearby News
Union Gap
- Coats for Kids campaign kicks off in the Tri-Cities and Yakima (nbcrightnow.com)
Yakima
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- Yakima Humane Society Is Over Capacity and Needs Your Help (newstalkkit.com)
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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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