🌱 How Wapakoneta’s first hotel helped shape downtown life

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In today's newsletter:

• How Wapakoneta’s first hotel helped shape downtown life

Also on today's calendar: Food Pantry Hours.

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 81 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 84, low: 61.
• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Reminisce: Auglaize County's first hotel saw it all (limaohio.com) — Wapakoneta’s long-gone Henry House once anchored the corner of Willipie and Main, serving travelers, hosting big banquets, and even caring for the injured. This look back traces how the hotel shaped downtown life, spotlighting owner William Heinrich, his civic-minded son John, and the property’s eventual replacement by a post office and gas station.
   

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📸 Around Wapakoneta

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Wapakoneta

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday June 4

• Food Pantry Hours →
  Agape Ministries, Inc., St Marys
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday June 9

• Gatekeepers
  Wapakoneta High School WHS-Library
  7:45 am

Thursday June 11

• Food Pantry Hours →
  Agape Ministries, Inc., St Marys
  12:00 pm

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📣 Wapakoneta Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 5

• Planting Class →
  Botkins Branch Library, 109 E Lynn St, Botkins
  2:00 pm
• Lima Spring Jam Presents: Chris Canas Band →
  Pangle Pavilion, 128 E Spring St, Lima
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 6

• Jeep Fest! - Lima, OH →
  Bradfield Center, St. Johns
  10:00 am

Sunday June 7

• Gym closed for Pageant
  Botkins Local Botkins K-12 Building-1-JH Gym (300)
• Botkins Livestock 4H Meeting
  Botkins Local Botkins Athletic Complex-1-Cafeteria / Concessions (100)
  7:00 pm

Monday June 8

• Summer School & Kindercamp Session 1/Week 1
  Botkins Local Botkins, OH 45306
• Pageant Practice
  Botkins Local Botkins, OH 45306
  6:00 pm

Tuesday June 9

• Gatekeepers
  Wapakoneta High School WHS-Library
  7:45 am
• Teen Dino Break Our →
  Botkins Branch Library, 109 E Lynn St, Botkins
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser - Weekends in Wapakoneta. Apply here.
• Pratt Industries posted a job opening for Module Facer - 3rd Shift in Wapakoneta. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wapakoneta here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Botkins

• Out of the past: May 31-June 3 (sidneydailynews.com)
• Agricultural dealership celebrates 70 years in business (sidneydailynews.com)

Jackson Center

• JC Community Days brings the fun (sidneydailynews.com)

Lima

• Free summer lunch program returns to feed Lima-area kids through August (hometownstations.com)
• Lima Rotary Club receives update on America 250 celebrations and Star Spangled Spectacular (hometownstations.com)
• Mayor's Spring Cleanup returns after holiday break, continues strong participation (hometownstations.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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