🌱 Where Roseburg kids can grab free meals over Winter Break

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In today's newsletter:

• Where Roseburg kids can grab free meals over Winter Break
• How Roseburg’s 2015 campus tragedy fits a growing national pattern

Also on today's calendar: Umpqua Celtic Jam (Third Thursdays) and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 61 and low of 46 degrees.
• Wednesday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 52, low: 42.
• Thursday: Rain, heavy at times, with a high of 60 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lunchbox Express to deliver free meals over Winter Break in Roseburg (nbc16.com) — Families in Roseburg can get free breakfast-and-lunch sack meals for kids ages 1–18 on Dec. 22–23 and 29–30 through the Roseburg School District’s Lunchbox Express van. No enrollment or residency is required, and children just need to show up at listed sites like Faith Lutheran Church, Sunnyslope Elementary, Eastwood Park, Creekside Family Church, and Saddle Butte Mobile Manor.
   

• Rhode Island joins Utah on the diverse list of states to experience a college campus shooting (deseret.com) — Residents may recall the 2015 Umpqua Community College tragedy in rural Roseburg, which this piece cites among a long list of deadly campus shootings nationwide. Using the recent Brown University attack and the Utah Valley University killing as anchors, it traces how gun violence has repeatedly struck colleges across the country, underscoring that no campus community is truly insulated.
   

📸 Around Roseburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Roseburg

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights
  River Forks Park, 380 River Forks Park Rd, Roseburg
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Umpqua Celtic Jam (Third Thursdays)
  Oran Mor Artisan Mead , 305 Melrose Rd , Roseburg
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• December Sensory Friendly Movie
  Roseburg Cinema , 1750 NW Hughwood Dr , Roseburg
  10:30 am
• Pavilion - Team Sorting
  Pavilion Arena , 2110 SW Frear Street , Roseburg
  11:00 am
• Buckeroo Christmas Dance
  Buckeroo Barn Across , Roseburg North, OR, United States
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Class & Workshop
  Buckaroo Barn
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Umpqua Valley Festival of Lights
  River Forks Park , 380 Rd , Roseburg
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Winter Band Concert — Roseburg High School Bands
  Roseburg High School , 400 W Harvard Ave , Roseburg
  5:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• NAAM 5 MOVEMENT — Leana Randol Naam Yoga
  Vortex Center, LLC , 865 SE Court St , Roseburg
  5:15 pm

Saturday December 20

• Cozy Crossroads Quilt Class
  Everything Sew Nice Quilt Shop & Sewing Center , 2405 NE Diamond Lake Blvd #10 , Roseburg
  10:30 am
• Buckeroo Christmas Dance
  Buckeroo Barn Across , Roseburg North, OR, United States
  7:00 pm
• Insomniac Folklore
  The Rosebud Theatre , 663 SE Jackson St , Roseburg
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• LOST CAT ALERT!
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🗞 Nearby News

Coos Bay

• Leadore's Azelynn Jones signs to run a Southwestern Oregon (eastidahonews.com)
• Oregon Coast's Crabbing Fleet Heads Out with Whale Entanglement Advisory (beachconnection.net)
• Fiery High-Speed Chase on Oregon Coast: More Revealed on How It Began (beachconnection.net)

North Bend

• U.S. Coast Guard assures Oregon lawmakers of Newport rescue helicopter's return (bendbulletin.com)

Grants Pass

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