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🌱 How a Portola teen turned home compost into a college-level experiment.
Portola, California Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Portola! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Portola teen turned home compost into a college-level experiment.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 91 and low of 51 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 92, low: 50.
- Sunday: Warm; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 91 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• FRC celebrates student research across disciplines (plumassun.org) — A Portola resident, homeschooled high school junior Aurora Sharp, showcased her chemistry research on homegrown compost at Feather River College’s spring Student Research Symposium. The event brought together hundreds of students presenting projects from biology to art, building real-world skills in public speaking, critical thinking, and collaboration just down the road from Portola. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Graduation →
Portola Jr./Sr. High School Bob Wise Memorial Stadium
5:00 pm -
Loyalton High School Graduation
Loyalton High Loyalton, CA 96118
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1st Extend School Year Program - Mr. P
Loyalton High Loyalton, CA 96118
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PCOE/PUSD Regular Board Meetings
Plumas Unified 50 Church Street, Quincy, CA
4:30 pm -
The Wings of the Feather River: Film →
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center, Plumas County, Beckwourth
5:30 pm -
Veils of Wilderness: Edges of Belonging Panoramic Presentation →
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center, Plumas County, 495 Beckwourth Calpine Rd, Beckwourth
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Veils of Wilderness: Edges of Belonging Panoramic... →
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center, Plumas County, Beckwourth
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🗞 Nearby News
Graeagle
- Collaborative helicopter training held near Graeagle (plumassun.org)
Quincy
- Meet the Quincy Junior-Senior High School Class of 2026 (plumassun.org)
- Northern Nevada players help Feather River College to stellar season (rgj.com)
Truckee
- Escaping Reality in Truckee: Time Travel, Vampires, and Teamwork (moonshineink.com)
- Bear Struck by Vehicle Along Interstate 80 Near Truckee - Sacramento Injury Attorneys Blog (sacramentoinjuryattorneysblog.com)
- Job Posting: Auburn Ski Club Seeks Head Coach for Nordic Competition Program (nordicinsights.news)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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