Girl Scout Cookies + Blood Crisis + Diego Valeri Leaving Timbers

Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Colin Miner, your host of the Lake Oswego Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mild with some sun returning. High: 57 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories in Lake Oswego today:

1. Lake Oswego Beware! Girls Scout Cookies Are Here (Lake Oswego Patch)
2. Oregon marijuana entrepreneur Nitin Khanna sued over alleged $60 million ‘securities fraud’ (OregonLive)
3. Red Cross Declares Crisis As Blood Supply runs Low (Patch)
4. Portland-Area Schools Go Remote (Patch)
5. Diego Valeri leaving the Timbers (Patch)
6. COVID-19 Reported In 35 Out Of 36 Counties
7. Lake Oswego Area Real Estate Roundup (Lake Oswego Patch)

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Today in Lake Oswego:

• JV Girls Basketball vs Tualatin - Lakeridge High School (5:00 PM)
• JV2 Girls Basketball vs Tualatin - Lakeridge High School (5:00 PM)
• JV Boys Basketball vs Tualatin - Lakeridge High School (5:30 PM)
• FR Boys Basketball vs Tualatin - Lakeridge High School (5:30 PM)
• V Girls Basketball vs Tualatin - Lakeridge High School (6:30 PM)
• V Boys Basketball vs Tualatin - Lakeridge High School (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "🍓🍏🫐The Lake Oswego Farmers’ Market is now accepting applications for the 2022 season on managemymarket.com! Applications are due February 14 and welcome from all qualifying vendor categories in the Pacific Northwest including: farmer/..." (Facebook)
• Arts Council of Lake Oswego: "ARTmart EXTENDED COLLECTION DATES! LAST CHANCE TO DONATE TO ARTmart! You now have a few more days to clean out artwork you no longer love and donate it. Collection will be this Friday - 10 to 5 PM and Saturday - 10 to 4 PM at the Mary..." (Instagram)
• Lake Oswego Public Library: "Celebrate MLK Day! Complete a Kindness Bingo Bookmark from the Childrens’ Library to win a pencil prize, download a copy from the website and save yourself a trip! #LakeOswegoLibrary #MLK #LOPL #LOTogether #KindnessChallange #BeKind" (Instagram)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Colin Miner

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.