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🌱 How a 1976 Banks rock plant lawsuit reshaped local history
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- How a 1976 Banks rock plant lawsuit reshaped local history
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 59 and low of 35 degrees.
- Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 69, low: 46.
- Sunday: Cloudy, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 1976 in Banks: Landowner wins right to sue Banks rock plant (bankspost.com) — A look back at 1976 spotlights Banks, where a local landowner won the right to sue a rock plant and the Brown Derby was serving late-night breakfasts. The piece pulls from Washington County archives to show how Banks and nearby communities were changing 50 years ago. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Forest Grove
- Who are the track & field athletes to watch in the Pacific Conference this spring? (forestgrovenewstimes.com)
- Weaving state's stories: Oregon Heritage Conference to be held in Woodburn, April 29-May 2 • Oregon ArtsWatch (orartswatch.org)
- Bonnie Jane Robbins (portlandtribune.com)
Hillsboro
- Hillsboro May Be Out Of Power: The High Cost of the Data Center 'Gold Rush' (hillsboroherald.com)
- Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra to perform ‘A World of Dance' at Walters Cultural Arts Center (forestgrovenewstimes.com)
- High school baseball/softball: Local scores and standout performers from Tuesday (hillsboronewstimes.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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