Volume 3, Number 118
Good Morning. It’s Friday, September 2, 2022
That was a hot one out there at the soccer field yesterday afternoon. The high hit 91 degrees when the PHS girls were playing and that must not have been a whole lot of fun for them. Realizing that my bald spot might be getting burned, I high-tailed it home at halftime to grab a cap (and made it back before the second half started … not speeding, just live fairly close to the school).
Thanks for reading!
Brad Fuqua, publisher/editor
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Community Calendar
• Friday, Sept. 2: PHS football vs. Crook County, 7 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 2: Country Dance at Marys River Grange Hall, 7-10 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 3: PHS cross-country at Ultimook Race, 10 a.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 4: Philomath Farmers’ Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 6: Benton County Board of Commissioners Meeting, 9 a.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 6: Philomath Rotary Club Meeting, noon
• Tuesday, Sept. 6: PHS boys soccer vs. Cottage Grove, 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 6: PHS volleyball vs. Gladstone, Junction City, 4:15 and 6:45 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 6: Philomath Community Meal, 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 6: Virtual Philomath Evening Book Club, 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 7: Storytime at Philomath Community Library, 10:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 7: Marys River Grange Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 7: PHS girls soccer at Cottage Grove, 7 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 8: Philomath Fire & Rescue Board of Directors Meeting (executive session), 4 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 8: Philomath Park Advisory Board Meeting, 5 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 8: Philomath School Board Meeting (annual retreat), 5 p.m.