🌱 How a Buena Park teacher turned summer storytime into a city tradition

What's up Buena Park! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Buena Park teacher turned summer storytime into a city tradition
• How Buena Park Stadium set the stage for a historic CIF showdown

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Car Wash and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 54.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• From kittens to kitchens, ‘Kindness Awards' honor our better angels (ocregister.com) — A longtime Buena Park teacher, Leslee Milch, is honored for creating the “Read With Me!” summer reading program that grew from a few students at Bellis Park into a citywide effort with support from the Buena Park Library, Police Department and School District. She’s among several Orange County residents recognized by Supervisor Doug Chaffee’s Kindness Awards for quietly transforming their communities through everyday acts of care.
   

• PHOTOS: Beckman Patriots' pre-game preparations for CIF state championsip - (ocsportszone.com) — High school football fans packed Buena Park Stadium for the CIF State Division 4-A title game, where El Cerrito topped Beckman 35-12 to claim its first state crown. The matchup, Beckman’s first-ever state final, capped the Patriots’ historic season that included a CIF Southern Section Division 8 championship and praise from Coach Marcello Giuliano for his team’s toughness and resilience.
   

📸 Around Buena Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Buena Park

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center, 2729 E Carson St, Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 22

• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Buena Park Coyotes vs Riverside Preparatory Silver Knights
  Buena Park High School , 8833 Academy Dr , Buena Park
  12:00 pm
• Christmas Car Wash
  Carwood Car Wash & Detail Center , 2729 E Carson St , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• FS/JV/V Boys Basketball vs Garden Grove at Garden Grove (4/5:30/7pm)
  Garden Grove High School , 11271 Stanford Ave , Garden Grove
  4:00 pm
• Dungeons and Dragons for High School
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  4:00 pm
• Valencia (Placentia) @ Fullerton
  Fullerton Union High School , 201 E Chapman Ave , Fullerton
  4:30 pm
• HOME - Varsity Wrestling vs Ocean View HS
  Kennedy Gym
  5:00 pm
• JV/V Girls Basketball vs Capistrano Valley at Capo Valley (5:30/7 pm)
  Capistrano Valley High School , 26301 Via Escolar , Mission Viejo
  5:30 pm
• AWAY - Varsity Girls' Basketball @ Savanna HS
  Savanna High School
  6:15 pm

Friday December 19

• Early Dismissal- All Grades 12:47pm
  ABC Unified Cerritos, CA 90703
• SW Pancake Breakfast
  Louis G. Zeyen Elementary , Garden Grove , Garden Grove
  8:45 am
• English Conversation With Ronnie
  Playa Vista Branch Library
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for a reliable handyman.
  Who can patch a bathtub hole. It is leaking to my downstairs ceiling. (Nextdoor North Buena Park La Mirada)

• Superior Grocers posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Buena Park. Apply here.
• McLane Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Sanitation in Buena Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Buena Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cypress

• Another Fatal Quarter Horse Injury In Premier Race; Los Alamitos Moving To Exclude 'Prominent Owner' (paulickreport.com)
• Cypress Elementary School District #64 Board of Education met Dec. 16 (silnews.com)

Stanton

• Women saved from pier jump (orangecountytribune.com)
• Community Health Ambassador Program Prepares Students to Inform Policy (fullerton.edu)
• Orange County Drivers Are Increasingly Helping Patch City Budgets (voiceofoc.org)

Fullerton

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-- The Patch AM Team

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