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🌱 Patch AM: Puyallup family’s $100,000 Nintendo collection vanishes in home break-in

Also check out Electronics Recycling Event on the Puyallup Patch calendar

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Hello again Puyallup! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Puyallup family's $100,000 Nintendo collection vanishes in home break-in
  • What Milton's animal-control exit means for Puyallup's regional service network
  • How a onetime Puyallup teen rose to shape WSU's future

Also on today's calendar: Electronics Recycling Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Clouds breaking; not as warm, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., temps: high: 78, low: 57.
  • Friday: Nice with partial sunshine, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Family in Washington State searches for stolen Nintendo game collection (kyma.com) — A Puyallup family is reeling after returning home to find a decades-in-the-making Nintendo Entertainment System game collection, worth an estimated $50,000 to $100,000, stolen from their house. The owner says the loss feels like losing a family member, since the collection began with a childhood gift from his late mother and was meant to help future grandchildren.
   

2. Pierce County city ends animal control agreement to cut costs. Here's the plan (thenewstribune.com) — Puyallup's partner agency Metro Animal Services will no longer handle animal control for Milton starting September 1, after Milton ended its contract to save money. Metro, jointly operated by Sumner and Puyallup, will continue serving other nearby cities while Milton shifts enforcement to its own police department and contracts separately for shelter services.
   

3. Seattle TV news icon looking forward to serving alma mater (wsu.edu) — A former KOMO news anchor who moved to Puyallup in high school is now joining Washington State University's Board of Regents, aiming to strengthen the school's presence on the west side. She credits WSU's journalism program and hands-on broadcast training for launching her long Seattle TV career and is preparing for her new leadership role ahead of fall meetings.
   

4. Former serviceman sentenced in Maryland on charges of child exploitation (cbsnews.com) — A former U.S. serviceman has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a minor online while he was stationed in Puyallup. Investigators say he contacted the Maryland victim and other minors via Snapchat, prompting a Project Safe Childhood case led by federal authorities.
   

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  • Somebody is 1 yr old today!
    Our Hobie has added so much joy to our lives. I couldn't imagine life without him. (Nextdoor The Villages)
  • My thanks do Dave Navarro for all of the encouragement he has given me to help my neighbors in need.
    You are an inspiration Dave, and I hope your future brings you much happiness. (Nextdoor Gem Heights II)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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