🌱 Patch AM: Hillsboro family remembers Sunny, the food-loving dog with a ducky toy

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In today's newsletter:

• Hillsboro family remembers Sunny, the food-loving dog with a ducky toy
• How Washington County’s clean‑energy loans are reshaping projects in Hillsboro
• How a former Hillsboro consultant is reshaping Ashland’s long-term priorities

Also on today's calendar: Find Your Voice - Toastmasters International and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Rain becoming intermittent, with a high of 60 and low of 49 degrees.
• Tuesday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 59, low: 43.
• Wednesday: Cooler with a few showers, with a high of 48 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pet Spot: Sunny loved her ducky toy (myleaderpaper.com) — A Hillsboro dog lover is remembering Sunny, her 14-year-old Labrador–akita–golden retriever mix, who recently passed away but left big, happy memories. Owner Sandra Kost shares how Sunny adored her ducky toy, charmed everyone she met, and filled their Hillsboro home with howls, barks, and an easygoing, food-loving personality.
   

• Future Tigard senior living facility receives $25.6M to fund energy conservation measures (valleytimes.news) — Hillsboro is one of three Washington County cities benefiting from a growing clean‑energy financing program that has now backed $44.1 million in commercial upgrades. The latest and largest project is a $25.6 million CPACE package for Cedarbrook Senior Living in Tigard, funding efficient HVAC, lighting, and water systems that cut emissions and utility costs while supporting future senior care needs.
   

• Ashland City Hall Tidbits 12/15/2025: Council Hires Another Consultant To Create A Strategic Plan Just $80,000 (theashlandchronicle.com) — Hillsboro residents may recognize consultant Susan Singer Wilson, whose firm previously helped the city craft a strategic plan, as she’s now been hired to guide Ashland’s long-range planning effort. The Ashland project will run alongside that city’s 2026 election cycle and aims to set priorities and investments for the next decade through extensive public engagement.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hillsboro

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Tuesday December 16

• Toddler Time
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  10:15 am
• Cuentos Bilingües | Bilingual Storytime
  Shute Park Branch Library , 775 SE Tenth Avenue , Hillsboro
  10:15 am
• Digital Navigator – One-on-One Support/ Navegador Digital – Apoyo Uno a Uno
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  12:00 pm
• Digital Literacy: Computer Basics
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  2:00 pm
• Advanced ESL
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  4:00 pm
• Intermediate ESL
  Shute Park Branch Library , 775 SE Tenth Avenue , Hillsboro
  5:30 pm
• Cuentos con cafe (Spanish Language Book Group)
  Shute Park Branch Library , 775 SE Tenth Avenue , Hillsboro
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Beginning Readers - Online
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  3:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Find Your Voice - Toastmasters International
  Hillsboro Brookwood Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy , Hillsboro
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Digital Navigator One-On-One Tech Help
  North Plains Library , 31334 NW Commercial St , North Plains
  10:00 am
• Family Storytime
  West Slope Community Library , 3678 SW 78th Street , Portland
  10:00 am
• Fun for Ones (12-24 months)
  Tigard Public Library , 13500 SW Hall Boulevard , Tigard
  10:15 am
• Open Bluegrass Jam
  McMenamins Rock Creek Tavern , 10000 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd , Hillsboro
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I saw it on ND, where to find the cat sticks with catnip inside.
  I found them at Farmington Gardens Bazzar, go outside and follow the walkway almost to the end...our two cats were sooo excited and now they are… (Nextdoor Laurel)
• the family who found the kitty called Alison fuchs transported kitty to Dove Lewis.
  Vets say he's very stable and highly unlikely to be euthanized. Young male long haired orange tabby with white chest maybe 6 months old or younger… (Nextdoor Lower Brookwood)

• Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Hillsboro. Apply here.
• SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Hillsboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hillsboro here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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