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šŸŒ± What Prineville residents need to know before Fridayā€™s wildfire update meeting

Prineville, Oregon Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What Prineville residents need to know before Fridayā€™s wildfire update meeting
  • Prineville neighbors help firefightersā€”and rescue a calf from the flames
  • How a low Prineville Reservoir revealed a long-lost class ring.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? šŸ¤” (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Hazy and sweltering heat, with a high of 101 and low of 58 degrees. šŸŒ¶ Hot!
  • Friday: Hazy and sweltering heat, temps: high: 101, low: 50.
  • Saturday: Hazy, hot; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 52 degrees.

šŸ“° News we're reading

ā€¢ Daily Update: Akawa Butte Fire contained (madraspioneer.com) ā€” Prineville residents can get the latest Rowe Creek Fire updates at a public meeting on Aug. 7 at Barnes Butte Elementary, while Highway 26 remains closed and large areas stay under evacuation levels. Several Central Oregon fires are increasingly contained, but smoke and an air quality advisory continue for Crook County and nearby areas, so officials urge caution and limited outdoor activity.
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ā€¢ Holy cow! Firefighters rescue calf from Rowe Creek Complex Fire (youroregonnews.com) ā€” Neighbors staying on their Mill Creek Road properties near Prineville are helping Hotshot crews battle the massive Rowe Creek Complex Fire, even as they remain in a Level 3 ā€œGo Nowā€ zone. Amid the stress and sleepless nights, firefighters unexpectedly rescued a dehydrated Angus calf from the fire area and brought it to a local rancher for care, giving the community a rare bright moment.
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ā€¢ Lost for more than two decades, TDHS class ring returns home after mystery journey from Dallesport to Prineville ā€” Columbia Community Connection News Mid-Columbia Region (columbiacommunityconnection.com) ā€” Years after a The Dalles High School student lost his class ring near Dallesport, another man stumbled across it while walking the exposed shoreline of Prineville Reservoir during very low water. The ringā€™s engravings became the key to eventually reconnecting it with its long-missing owner, linking two Central Oregon communities through an unlikely discovery.
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  • Oregon extends deadline for SNAP recipients to replace benefits lost in July wildfires (centraloregondaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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