🌱 Where Talent residents can now get free food and household essentials

Hello Talent! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Where Talent residents can now get free food and household essentials

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Not as warm with some sun, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 47.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 46 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Nonprofit offers food, living essentials for Talent residents (ashland.news) — A newly relocated nonprofit shop, Worthwhile Mercantile, is now providing free food, clothing, and household essentials to Talent residents from its larger space at 1007 S. Pacific Highway. Open Mondays and Saturdays, it coordinates with the Talent Food Project and other regional partners, and is planning mobile pantries and home delivery to better reach neighbors facing financial strain or mobility challenges.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• It's Medicare Fraud Prevention Week!
  Take some time this week to learn how to make sure you and your loved ones stay safe from Medicare scammers. The biggest tip - Remember the three… (Nextdoor )
• Free iPhone 13 Pro Max case.
  Brand new. Husband ordered the wrong one and not worth returning (Nextdoor Wagner Creek Yank Gulch)

• The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser Team Lead in Talent. Apply here.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Kitchen Leader in Ashland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Talent here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Phoenix

• Rogue Valley grads continue their commencement walks (rv-times.com)
• Worthwhile Mercantile offers food, living essentials for Talent residents (rv-times.com)
• GoFundMe organized for Central Point family after house fire, son's health scare (youroregonnews.com)

Ashland

• Local Author Book Reading: Glenn Hill will read from his fourth Cozy Ghostly Ashland Mystery (ashland.news)
• OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Hikes, free fishing weekend, movies and more (rv-times.com)
• Events for June 3, 2026 – Ashland News – Community-Supported, NonProfit News (ashland.news)

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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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