National Guard Deploys + Snoop Dogg's Loss + Thorns Parking Hike

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

First, today's weather:

A shower; fog in the morning. High: 49 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories in Lake Oswego today:

1. District Downplaying Pandemic Severity, Nurses Charge (Patch)
2. Snoop Dogg's Uncle, Owner Of Portland Rib Joint, Dies (Patch)
3. Oregon National Guard COVID-10 Hospital Deployment Starts Tuesday (Patch)
4. Local Publisher Honors Betty White On What Would Have Been Her 100th Birthday (Patch)
5. Parking For Timbers, Thorns Games Might Be More Than Doubling (Patch)
6. CBRE Arranges Refinancing for 216-Unit Seniors Housing Property in Lake Oswego, Oregon (REBusinessOnline)
7. Latest Dogs, Cats, Pets Up For Adoption In Lake Oswego Area (Lake Oswego Patch)
8. Lake Oswego Area Job Openings: Browse The Latest (Lake Oswego Patch)
9. Hillsboro plans to reopen closed schools this week (Pamplin Media Group)

Today in Lake Oswego:

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

From my notebook:

• Lake Oswego Rotary: "Steve Coury, LOHS football coach left us with incredible words of wisdom. If you think you’re beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win but think you can’t, it’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think..." (Instagram)
• Arts Council of Lake Oswego: "Artist Resilience Program to provide $1.5 million for Oregon artists!⁠ ⁠ The application is now live for the Artist Resilience Program, a second round of relief funding for Oregon artists offered by the Oregon Arts Commission in partners..." (Instagram)
• Arts Council of Lake Oswego: "ARTmart ONLINE AUCTION! Thank you to our great community for all the wonderful donations this year! Because of your generosity, a number of extraordinary works of art have been donated. Due to the special nature of these pieces, and th..." (Instagram)
• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "Today, we join people across the United States to honor the birth and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the foremost leader of the leader of the modern American Civil Rights Movements and one of the greatest advocates f..." (Facebook)
• Arts Council of Lake Oswego: "Artist Resilience Program to provide $1.5 million for Oregon artists! The application is now live for the Artist Resilience Program, a second round of relief funding for Oregon artists offered by the Oregon Arts Commission in partnership..." (Facebook)
• Arts Council of Lake Oswego: "ARTmart ONLINE AUCTION! - https://mailchi.mp/ci/artmart-... Thank you to our great community for all the wonderful donations this year! Because of your generosity, a number of extraordinary works of art have been donated. Due..." (Facebook)

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— 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.