🌱 How Orrville’s rising star stacks up against other area volleyball standouts

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In today's newsletter:

• How Orrville’s rising star stacks up against other area volleyball standouts

Also on today's calendar: Touch-A-Truck And Train and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 79, low: 68.
• Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Here are the Wooster Daily Record's top returning volleyball players (the-daily-record.com) — Orrville volleyball fans can watch standout sophomore hitter Kraft build on a freshman season where she led the Red Riders in digs while adding strong reception and kill numbers. The piece spotlights her alongside other top returning Wooster-area players, giving local readers a sense of which nearby teams and stars to watch when the high school season opens August 17.
   

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📸 Around Orrville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Orrville

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 20

• Orrville Red Riders vs Waynedale Golden Bears →
  Red Rider Stadium, 841 N Ella St, Orrville
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 8

• Touch-A-Truck And Train →
  2174 S Crown Hill Rd, Orrville
  10:00 am

Wednesday August 12

• Open House - OES
  Orrville City Schools OES
  5:00 pm
• Open House - OMS
  Orrville City Schools OMS
  6:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• Open House - OHS
  Orrville City Schools OHS
  4:00 pm
• Open House - KDG
  Orrville City Schools KDG
  5:30 pm
• PTO Back to School Bash
  Orrville City Schools Orrville, OH 44667
  6:30 pm

Friday August 21

• Ohio's Hospice 2026 Golf Classic Orrville →
  Pines Golf Club, 1319 Millborne Rd, Orrville
  9:00 am
• 2026 Golf Classic →
  Pines Golf Club, 1319 Millborne Rd, Orrville
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 6

• Public Employee Retirees Inc. Wayne County →
  The Barn Restaurant, 877 W Main St, Smithville
  11:30 am
• SHS Volleyball scrimmage @ GlenOak
  Green Local Schools Smithville, OH 44677
  5:00 pm

Friday August 7

• SHS V/JV Golf @ Hillsdale Invite (Brookside)
  Green Local Schools Smithville, OH 44677
  8:30 am
• SHS Golf @ Hillsdale Invite (Brookside)
  Green Local Schools Smithville, OH 44677
  8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Been going here since i can remember.
  Was always a family favorite/tradition. Being from Orrville it was always a little road trip but always undoubtedly worth it every time. Best Pizza… (Nextdoor Lincolnway Circle)

• VT Hackney, Inc posted a job opening for Assembler in Kidron. Apply here.
• Meijer, Inc. posted a job opening for General Merchandise Clerk in Wooster. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orrville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wooster

• Homemade Ice Cream Festival headlines Area Happenings (the-daily-record.com)
• Yvonne Ann (Beery) Brown (parsonsadvocate.com)
• Teen runner turns health scare into mission for homeless (the-daily-record.com)

Rittman

• 1,044 third-grade students in Wayne County schools in 2024-25 school year (waynecountytoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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