Mt. Hood Raises Pay + Trick Or Treating + Legionnaires' Outbreak

Up and at 'em, Gresham! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Morning rain; clouds breaking. High: 55 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories in Gresham today:

1. Mt. Hood Meadows Raises Base Pay, Gives Raises To All Employees (Gresham Patch)
2. 'It's going to be problematic': Police union fears for public safety amid Gresham PD staffing shortage (KGW.com)
3. Trick or treat at Gresham Station (Patch)
4. If you've been in Beaverton, you should know about a Legionnaires' outbreak (Patch)
5. Pamplin Media Group - Pilot program on student homelessness expands (Pamplin Media Group)

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Today in Gresham:

• Friday AM "In-person" - Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center (7:20 AM)
• Ribbon Cutting - Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center (9:00 AM)

Gresham Patch Notebook

• The Original Gresham Farmers' Market: "Final Market of the 2021 Season. Come get your holiday gifts Saturday. Most vendors take orders. Bring the whole family and trick or treat with the vendors. 80 Vendors to choose from. Support local 🍏❤🥦🌽🥕🌮🍪🍿😀" (Facebook)
• Gresham-Barlow School District: "Just look at those pumpkins 🎃!! Fourth and fifth graders at Hogan Cedars Elementary created remarkable pumpkin characters and students voted for their favorite! And the winners are.... First place - Dog Man, Second Place - Pete the Cat,..." (Facebook)
• City of Gresham - Government: "The City of Gresham has $12.7 million dollars of federal COVID support to spend in YOUR community--Please take a few minutes to let us know what you want in your Gresham by taking this survey! http://bit.ly/39UQqsM Responder la encuesta:..." (Facebook)
• The Original Gresham Farmers' Market: "All are welcome to the Gresham Farmers Market Halloween Party. Bring the whole family to have some fun and shop at our final Market date of the 2021 Season. Be sure to bring the whole family including your fur babies." (Facebook)
• Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce: "Please join us in congratulating our 2021 Business Excellence Award Winners! 🤩 Winners~ Try Local, Sugar Cubed Cakes Non-Profit, Gresham Japanese Garden Family Business, U.S. World Class Taekwondo - Gresham Small Business, Healing Treas..." (Facebook)
• City of Gresham - Government: "Today, 3-6 pm, is the final market day--great food, fresh produce, health services, FUN Giveaways, Raffles and LIVE MUSIC! Thank you, Play Grow Learn for a great season and for bringing this amazing market to Gresham! #thepeoplesmarketat..." (Facebook)

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About me: I've been at Patch for almost 6 years after a career that had stops at The New York Times, Oregonian, Washington Post, as well as KATU, KOIN, and KGW. For the past three years I've been Patch's Manager News and Content Partnerships as well as a National Writer.

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