🌱 A Novel Idea and 10 more events

Hi Botkins! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• TWO WEEKS: ISPY & WOULD YOU RATHERTWO WEEKS: at Philip Sheets Family Botkins Community Library
• Academia Meet @ Fort Loramie at Botkins Local
• A Novel Idea at Philip Sheets Family Botkins Community Library

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 46.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 40 degrees.

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📸 Around Botkins

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Botkins

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 4

• TWO WEEKS: ISPY & WOULD YOU RATHERTWO WEEKS: →
  Philip Sheets Family Botkins Community Library, 109 East Lynn Street, Botkins

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Other local events

Monday October 5

• Academia Meet @ Fort Loramie
  Botkins Local Botkins, OH 45306
  7:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• A Novel Idea →
  Philip Sheets Family Botkins Community Library, 109 East Lynn Street, Botkins
  7:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Tick Talk →
  Philip Sheets Family Botkins Community Library, 109 East Lynn Street, Botkins
  3:30 pm

Monday October 12

• Lego Builders →
  Philip Sheets Family Botkins Community Library, 109 East Lynn Street, Botkins
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday October 4

• ALL WEEK: ISPY: Fall Leaves →
  Anna Community Library, 304 N. Second St., Anna

Monday October 5

• Craft Day →
  Anna Community Library, 304 N. Second St., Anna
  3:15 pm
• Freshman Football
  ANNA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 310 N 2nd St, Coldwater
  5:00 pm
• JV/V Volleyball
  ANNA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 1 Redskin Trail, Wapakoneta
  5:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Freshman Volleyball
  ANNA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 100 School Street, Russia
  4:30 pm
• JH Volleyball
  ANNA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 100 School Street, Russia
  5:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Senior Cards →
  Anna Community Library, 304 N. Second St., Anna
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 7-eleven posted a job opening for Assistant Store Leader (Assistant Manager) in Anna. Apply here.
• Plastipak Packaging, Inc. posted a job opening for Security Guard in Jackson Center. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Botkins here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Jackson Center

• Savoring Shelby County, Ohio (leisuregrouptravel.com)

Sidney

• High school volleyball: Russia wins 10th straight, other area results (sidneydailynews.com)
• Optimizing openings in overhead door retrofits (metalarchitecture.com)
• Their View: Ohio's emergency shelters need stable funding (sidneydailynews.com)

Fort Loramie

• High school volleyball: Russia ‘Does it for Donna' in Fort Loramie win, other area results (sidneydailynews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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