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🌱 Auburn tackles its stray-cat surge with a new surgery program

Auburn, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Auburn! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Auburn tackles its stray-cat surge with a new surgery program
  • Auburn family shares hopes for teen critically injured in Kent
  • Jim Gaffigan brings his next tour to Auburn

Also on today's calendar: Sip & Stroll Art Exhibition Continues and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 58, low: 48.
  • Saturday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 59 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Inside Auburn's ‘Kitty City,' a push to stop the next kitten boom (king5.com) — Auburn will pay to spay or neuter about 50 stray cats Friday, launching a pilot aimed at neighborhoods with repeated calls for help. Auburn Valley Humane Society will perform the surgeries as its stray-cat intake outpaces each of the past two full years, adding pressure to shelter staff.
   

• Auburn teen with Down syndrome in critical condition after SUV crash, family speaks out (king5.com) — A 15-year-old Auburn High School student with Down syndrome remains in critical condition after an SUV struck him in Kent, hours after he went missing. His family says Tan has undergone multiple surgeries at Harborview and has started a fundraiser to help with medical bills and recovery needs.
   

• Jim Gaffigan Sets 2027 Tour (EXCLUSIVE) (variety.com) — Jim Gaffigan is bringing his new “Still Fighting It Tour” to Auburn’s Muckleshoot Casino Resort on January 22, 2027. General ticket sales begin Friday, November 13, at 10 a.m., giving local comedy fans an early chance to plan for the show.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Thank you so much to the very kind man that helped my daughter tonight…I think it’s Thomas Rd by the draft choice.
    She was heading home with her 14 month old son, an another son when all of a sudden there was a log in the road that got caught under her car. She… (Nextdoor Lake Holm/Lake Moneysmith)
  • Im looking for an affordable landscaper to trim some bushes in my yard and hual the branches away.
    It should be a quick job for anyone with the right tools. Let me know if interested or if you know someone. Thank you (Nextdoor Cedar Lanes Park)
  • Prestige Care, Inc. posted a job opening for Life Enrichment Activities Assistant in Auburn. Apply here.
  • CRH plc posted a job opening for Production Manager in Auburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Auburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kent

  • Boeing Employees' Model Railroad Club brings its 45th annual swap meet to Kent this Saturday, Nov. 14 (ilovekent.net)
  • Tech support: Kent holds pop-up tech clinic for seniors (themunicipal.com)
  • Kent man gets 44-month sentence for killing smoke shop clerk (kentreporter.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Auburn

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.