🌱 How a Keizer student turned a lottery-funded program into Stanford degrees

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Keizer student turned a lottery-funded program into Stanford degrees

Also on today's calendar: HUGE Salem Holiday Market (Day 1) and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A brief shower or two, with a high of 61 and low of 47 degrees.
• Friday: Low clouds, temps: high: 56, low: 45.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 50 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Couple Won $266M, One of the Largest Jackpots Ever, and Beat the ‘Lottery Curse' by Giving Away Millions (Exclusive) (people.com) — A Keizer resident, Enrique Flores, is highlighted as one of the students whose path to elite colleges was transformed by a California couple’s $266 million lottery win and subsequent philanthropy. The story follows how Jacki and Gil Cisneros used their Mega Millions jackpot to fund leadership and college-access programs, reshaping hundreds of mostly Latino students’ futures while trying to stay grounded in their own lives.
   

📸 Around Keizer

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Keizer

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• GLOW Christmas Light Adventure at Volcanoes Stadium
  Volcanoes Stadium, 6700 Field Of Dreams Way Northeast Suite 101, Keizer
  4:45 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• HUGE Salem Holiday Market (Day 1)
  Salem Holiday Mkt , 2330 17th St NE , Salem
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Game Night & Coffee Social
  Radness Ensues , 3837 River Rd N , Keizer
  6:30 pm
• Keizer Holiday Lights Parade
  Keizer Chamber of Commerce , River Road from Lockhaven to Glynbrook , Keizer
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Breakfast with Santa
  Keizer Fire Station , 661 Chemawa Rd NE , Keizer
  7:30 am
• HUGE Salem Holiday Market (Day 3)
  Salem Holiday Mkt , 2330 17th St NE , Salem
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 16

• Greeters hosted by Salem Capitals Basketball
  The REC , 3500 River Rd N , Keizer
  8:30 am

Wednesday December 17

• How to get Government Contracts
  Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry , 626 High Street NE , Salem
  11:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Salem Emerging Leaders - Lunch with Leaders - Nat Borchers
  Cellar 54 @ The Forge , 285 Liberty St NE , Salem
  11:30 am
• Salem Cosplay and Pop Culture Group
  IKE Box Café , 299 Cottage St NE , Salem
  5:00 pm
• Murder at the Pink Elephant
  The Pink Elephant Tavern , 115 Lancaster Dr SE , Salem
  6:00 pm
• Gift Basket Food Sorted and Boxed
  OCCU | Oregon Community Credit Union , 5402 River Rd N , Keizer
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Our neighbors did the coolest holiday display in their garage.
  Beautiful and festive... bring the fam, worth the drive. Look for sasquatch... ;) (Nextdoor Keizer)

• Old Navy, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate - Keizer Station in Keizer. Apply here.
• KnitWell Group posted a job opening for Full time Assistant manager in Keizer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Keizer here.

🗞 Nearby News

Salem

• 5 things to do in Salem this week: Free gift swap, new plays, holiday market (salemreporter.com)
• Vote! Who is the top Salem-Keizer area girls swimmer this winter? (statesmanjournal.com)
• New group seeks to improve local business environment through work with government (salemreporter.com)

Dallas

• Forest Grove High students ‘stand up for community' in protest to oppose ICE enforcement (forestgrovenewstimes.com)
• Christmas spirit shines bright in Woodburn despite no lights, uncertain times (woodburnindependent.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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