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🌱 Patch AM: Man sentenced after knife threat at Oregon City’s Riverside Park
Coming up: Open Studio on the Oregon City Patch calendar
Hello again Oregon City! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Man sentenced after knife threat at Oregon City's Riverside Park
- Which teams will shine at Saturday's Oregon City volleyball tournament?
- Meet the painter turning Oregon City Pride into live art
Also on today's calendar: Beginner Potters Wheel and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: Nice with partial sunshine, temps: high: 74, low: 50.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Man locked up for throwing rocks at geese, pulling knife on swimmers at Oregon park (kptv.com) — A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to 35 months in prison after throwing rocks at geese and cold-plunge swimmers, then threatening a swimmer with a knife at Riverside Park along the Clackamas River in Oregon City. Prosecutors say the confrontation escalated until a swimmer displayed a handgun and deputies later arrested the man at another nearby river park. 
• Lake Oswego volleyball sails to 'W' in Battle of the Lake (lakeoswegoreview.com) — Lake Oswego's volleyball team edged rival Lakeridge in a five-set thriller and now heads into the Oregon City tournament this Saturday, Sept. 19, with a four-match winning streak. For Oregon City fans, it's a chance to see a confident Lakers squad and other regional powers in action early in league play, with first serve at 8 a.m. at the local tournament.
• Forget a camera. This artist paints Portland's live events as they happen (hereisoregon.com) — An artist known as Slow Camera Paparazzi has been quietly turning moments at Oregon City Pride and other Portland-area events into vivid oil paintings created live on the spot. At last month's Oregon City celebration, he captured Ballet Folklórico Alma Mestiza's dancers in motion, then surprised them by gifting the finished vinyl-record painting, part of his mission to document local performances in real time.
📸 Around Oregon City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oregon City
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★ Featured events ★
- Open Studio →
Soulflags Art Lit Community Center, 504 Main St, Oregon City
11:00 am
Friday September 18
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Other local events
- Beginner Potters Wheel →
Soulflags Art Lit Community Center, 504 Main St, Oregon City
6:30 pm - Oregon City Summer Farmers Market →
Clackamas Community College, Green Lot #1, near corner of Beavercreek Road and Clairmont Drive, Oregon City
9:00 am - Art Gym →
Oregon City OR
10:00 am - Needle Felting →
Soulflags Art Lit Community Center, 504 Main St, Oregon City
11:00 am - Open Studio →
Soulflags Art Lit Community Center, 504 Main St, Oregon City
12:30 pm - Adult Creative Kit | Oven Mitts →
Oregon City OR - BAM Creative Kit | Canvas Painting →
Oregon City OR - Children's Creative Kit | Kandinsky Circles →
Oregon City OR - Beginner Potters Wheel →
Soulflags Art Lit Community Center, 504 Main St, Oregon City
9:00 am - Open Studio →
Soulflags Art Lit Community Center, 504 Main St, Oregon City
11:00 am - Seed Library: Garlic Class & Garlic Giveaway →
Oregon City OR
1:00 pm
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
📣 Oregon City Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- HealthMarkets posted a job opening for Insurance Agent in Canby. Apply here.
- Bass Pro Shops posted a job opening for CLUB Customer Service Associate, Part-Time in Tualatin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oregon City here.
🗞 Nearby News
West Linn
- West Linn police log: A dog-breeder scam, reckless e-bike riding and more (westlinntidings.com)
- Anthem Memory Care Appoints Community Relations Director for Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Community (argentum.org)
- Roseburg relies on '5-headed monster' to open 3-0 in search of first league title since 2005 (oregonlive.com)
Canby
- Custom 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Gets Grand Touring Upgrades (classiccars.com)
- Keeper Oswaldo Vazquez comes up with key penalty kick save in second half (woodburnindependent.com)
Ok Oregon City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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