🌱 How Rochester’s Warriors roared back into playoff position after a long break

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In today's newsletter:

• How Rochester’s Warriors roared back into playoff position after a long break

Also on today's calendar: Hoquiam vs Rochester and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 59 and low of 38 degrees.
• Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 72, low: 48.
• Sunday: Cloudy and warm, with a high of 73 and low of 48 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Warriors return from break with dominant win over Beavers (bellinghamherald.com) — Rochester High’s boys soccer team shook off a long layoff with a 6-2 road win over Tenino, powered by an Aiden Villanueva hat trick. The Warriors now sit in the final Evergreen 1A postseason spot and eye a key home rematch against Elma on Thursday that could boost their playoff positioning.
   

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📸 Around Rochester

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rochester

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday April 21

• Toutle Lake JV Baseball @ Rochester
  Rochester High School, 19800 Carper Rd SW, Rochester
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday April 21

• Hoquiam vs Rochester
  Rochester High School , 19800 Carper Rd SW , Rochester
  4:00 pm

Friday April 24

• SOCCER BOYS JV & VARSITY @ HOQUIAM HIGH SCHOOL
  HOQUIAM HIGH SCHOOL , 501 W EMERSON AVE , HOQUIAM
  4:00 pm

Tuesday May 5

• Rainier vs Rochester
  Rochester High School , 19800 Carper Rd SW , Rochester
  4:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Last Day to Drop Classes with No Record on Transcript
  Centralia College , 600 Centralia College Blvd , Centralia
  8:00 am
• Last Day for 50% Refund
  Centralia College , 600 Centralia College Blvd , Centralia
  8:00 am
• Family Fun Fest
  TransAlta Commons Multipurpose Rooms
  11:00 am
• April 17th Comedy Showcase
  Cornercopia Comedy Club , 289 NW Chehalis Ave , Chehalis
  8:00 pm
• Market Street Pub & Grill — Chris Guenther Music
  Market Street Pub , 523 N Market Blvd , Chehalis
  8:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Begin Issuing W Grade for Most Class Withdrawals
  Centralia College , 600 Centralia College Blvd , Centralia
  8:00 am
• Chehalis Spring Shop Hop
  Book 'n' Brush , 518 N Market Blvd , Chehalis
  10:00 am
• Kids Fishing Clinic @ Chehalis Outfitters
  Chehalis Outfitters , 1757 N National Ave , Chehalis
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 5/3/26 Finn Hill Cemetery Clean Up
  9a - 12p https://www.facebook.com/share/1a4jZu4hRs/?mibextid=wwXIfr (Nextdoor Rochester)
• So today was a great day.
  I had two piece of equipment to take back this morning. I was on my way back and I got a phone call from a gentleman about a Log Splitter wasn’t… (Nextdoor 178th Ave)

• United Natural Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Cycle Counter in Centralia. Apply here.
• Bath & Body Works posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate-CENTRALIA FACTORY in Centralia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rochester here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Centralia

• Centralia City Council changes up council application process after botched appointment (tri-cityherald.com)
• Centralia police arrest woman for financial exploitation of 96-year-old vulnerable adult (tri-cityherald.com)
• Chehalis Basin Board approves funding for fledgling cover crop program (chronline.com)

Tumwater

• Tumwater School District to celebrate military children on April 18 - The JOLT News Organization, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit (thejoltnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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