🌱 Patch AM: How Renton-based Seahawks special teams could decide this year’s playoffs

What's up Renton! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Renton-based Seahawks special teams could decide this year’s playoffs

Also on today's calendar: Vintroverts' New Year's Eve and 5 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Richard B.!

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Some sun, with a high of 43 and low of 33 degrees.
• Monday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 45, low: 31.
• Tuesday: A thick cloud cover, with a high of 47 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Seahawks' playoff X-factor is ... the special teams unit? (espn.com) — From their base in Renton, the Seahawks’ surging special teams unit is emerging as a key factor in the team’s push for the NFC’s top playoff seed. Coaches and players describe how explosive returns and reliable kicking have swung recent games. For Renton fans, it’s a behind-the-scenes look at how work in their own backyard could shape a deep postseason run.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Renton

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Monday December 29

• Tech Help Mondays
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• The Friendship Club
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  12:00 pm
• Stuffed Animal Sleepover
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Vintroverts' New Year's Eve
  Drum Roll Wine , 911 S 3rd St , Renton
  12:00 pm
• New Year’s Eve Crafternoon
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm
• Creative Art Oasis
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  4:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Playdate @ Drum Roll Wine
  Drum Roll Wine , 911 S 3rd St , Renton
  3:00 pm

🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 29

• The Friendship Club
  Skyway Library , 12601 76th Avenue South , Seattle
  12:00 pm
• Winter-Themed Printmaking Workshop
  Renton Highlands Library , 2801 NE 10th Street , Renton
  4:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Family Story Time
  King County Library System Virtual , 960 Newport Way NW , Issaquah
  10:30 am
• King County Parks and Recreation Office Hours
  Skyway Library , 12601 76th Avenue South , Seattle
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• When Winter Wears You Down but Travel Isn’t an Option —Swannee Rivers Read on Patch

• ST Express 510 to Everett Station is canceled, and 4th Ave S & S Jackson St (NB) stop will be closed from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, December 27.
  1:52PM on Dec 26: Collision on 4th Ave S north of S Jackson St is blocking the northbound right turn lane, and ST Express 510 departing at 2:50 PM… (Nextdoor )
• Seattle Fire responds to a possible house fire on the 3400 block of 30th Ave SW, with updates indicating an all-clear on 30th Ave SW between Harbor Ave SW and SW City View St.
  4:38PM on Dec 26: Fire reported in a building at 3421 30th Ave SW in Seattle. (Nextdoor )

• The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for Paraprofessional / Educator in Renton. Apply here.
• AIM Aerospace, Inc. posted a job opening for Press Operator II - 1st Shift in Renton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Renton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tukwila

• South King County mayors say flood notices incited ‘pure chaos' (seattletimes.com)
• Seattle's minimum wage increase sparks debate on sustainability for local restaurants (komonews.com)
• Mizuki Buffet linked to nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, chills, headache, and for some people, bloody diarrhea (foodpoisonjournal.com)

SeaTac

• Vehicle in Kent strikes, kills female pedestrian on East Hill (kentreporter.com)
• Blue Origin hires United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno to head its national security group (geekwire.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I haven’t the foggiest.
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