🌱 Patch AM: How an Appleton workout is saving veterans’ lives in Dominic Hall’s honor

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In today's newsletter:

• How an Appleton workout is saving veterans' lives in Dominic Hall's honor
• Why firefighters from around the world are training at Appleton's airport.
• How Appleton helped launch one of America's biggest regional airlines

Also on today's calendar: Timmy No Brakes and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 55 degrees.
• Tuesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 64.
• Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Appleton workout honors fallen veteran and officer, raises funds for veteran cancer screening (wearegreenbay.com) — Residents packed Full Send Fitness in Appleton for a Hero Weekend workout honoring late Appleton police officer and Marine veteran Dominic Hall while raising money for veteran cancer screening kits. Organized through his widow's Vaspire316 foundation, the event turned every rep into both a tribute and tangible support for veterans facing cancer.
   

• Airport firefighting demand brings Costa Rican crews to FVTC (thebusinessnews.com) — Appleton's Fox Valley Technical College is turning its ARFF training center at Appleton International Airport into a global hub, recently hosting firefighters from Costa Rica and other countries. The facility's Boeing 777 simulator, smaller Cessna prop and expanding course offerings are drawing more airport crews each year, boosting specialized aviation firefighting expertise tied directly to Appleton's airport.
   

• 8/23/1965: Air Wisconsin Airlines Begins Operations (airwaysmag.com) — Air Wisconsin's roots run directly through Appleton, beginning service in 1965 just after the local airport—now Appleton International—opened, with early flights linking the city to Chicago. The article traces how that small commuter operation grew into a major United Express regional carrier serving dozens of destinations today.
   

📸 Around Appleton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Appleton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• Terrapin Flyer →
  Poplar Hall, 141 Riverheath Way, Appleton
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• Meet the Teacher/ Open House
  Sunrise El Appleton, WI 54915
  3:00 pm
• Free AASD Tdap and Meningococcal Vaccine Clinic
  West Hi Wilson Middle School, 225 N Badger Ave.
  4:30 pm
• Open House/Back to School Night
  West Hi Appleton gh School
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 27
• Free AASD Tdap and Meningococcal Vaccine Clinic
  West Hi Kaleidoscope Academy, 318 E Brewster Street.
  3:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• 1st Day of School
  Sunrise El Appleton, WI 54915
  8:35 am
Saturday September 12
• Timmy No Brakes →
  Skyline Comedy Club, 1004 S Olde Oneida St, Appleton
  8:45 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• YMCA of the Fox Cities Bubbles & Bliss →
  The Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce North Shore Golf Club N 8421 N Shore Rd Menasha, WI 54952
  2:00 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Little Chute Area SD Intermediate/Middle/High School Complex - District Board Room
  4:30 pm
• School Board Meeting
  Menasha Joint SD Menasha City Center, 100 Main St, Menasha, WI 54952, USA, CAL
  6:15 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Volleyball: Girls Varsity Invitational
  Little Chute Area SD The Barn at Lake Park
  2:00 pm
• 7th and 8th Grade OPEN HOUSE/Pictures
  Maplewood Mid Menasha, WI 54952
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am looking for someone who can make a king-sized quilt from t-shirt fronts.
  I have 40-45 t-shirts I would like to be cut apart and their faces sewn together for the front display. Below is a "sort of" example of what I'm… (Nextdoor Oneida)
• life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end.
  That's the given.How you respond to those losses, what you make of what's left, that's the part you have to make up as you go. So today, I choose… (Nextdoor Nicolet Grand - Chute)

• Fleet Farm posted a job opening for Yard Team Member in Appleton. Apply here.
• DMS posted a job opening for Janitor in Appleton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Appleton here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Menasha students get free outfits ahead of the new school year thanks to $4,000 donation (wbay.com)
• Menasha family navigates tornado recovery, cherishes stronger neighbor bonds (wbay.com)
• Notre Dame holds off Neenah in wild shootout, 56-53, in overtime (postcrescent.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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