🌱 Patch AM: How one driver stopped a $5,000 scam targeting an Ozaukee senior

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

In today's newsletter:

• How one driver stopped a $5,000 scam targeting an Ozaukee senior
• How a Port Washington gallery is going big on bird migration
• Can the Pirates turn a 39-20 opener into a title run?

Also on today's calendar: IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.
• Saturday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, temps: high: 78, low: 65.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy; windy, humid, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man receives Sheriff's Office Citizen Appreciation Coin (gmtoday.com) — In Port Washington, the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office honored Lyft driver David Opanga with its Citizen Appreciation Coin after he stopped a $5,000 scam targeting an elderly resident. His quick thinking returned the money, alerted deputies, and prompted a reminder that law enforcement will never ask people to deliver cash or wire money to resolve legal issues.
   

• One Wisconsin artist's quest to draw bird migration at a life-size scale (wuwm.com subscription) — An ongoing ARTservancy residency is bringing fresh attention to Gallery 224 in Port Washington, where a 2027 exhibit will showcase life-size depictions of migratory birds. Manitowoc science illustrator Rebecca Jabs is spending a year at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, documenting bird migration and land stewardship through sketches, data, and large-scale mixed-media work.
   

• Port Washington Pirates open season with dominant win, set sights on state championship (tmj4.com) — Port Washington is buzzing after the Pirates football team opened its season with a 39-20 win over Sheboygan North, powered by junior quarterback Jack Bunyan's 495 passing yards and five touchdowns. Players and coaches say the explosive offense has them thinking beyond a hot start, openly targeting conference and state championships this fall.
   

📸 Around Port Washington

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Port Washington

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Monday August 31
• WES Great Start Conferences
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  7:45 am
• Great Start Conferences
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  7:45 am
• KES Great Start Conferences
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  7:45 am
Tuesday September 1
• JLMS First Day of School - Gr 5
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  7:29 am
• GHS First Day of School - Gr 9 (report by 7:30am)
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  7:29 am
• GHS First Day of School Gr 10-12 (report by 11:30am)
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  11:30 am
Wednesday September 2
• JLMS First Day of School - Gr 6, 7 & 8
  Grafton SD Grafton, WI 53024
  7:29 am
• 4HOnline Enrollment Opens for 2026-27 Year
  Ozaukee 4-H 122 W Main St, Port Washington, WI 53074
  8:00 am
Saturday September 12
• IKEA Frank Mots Int'l Kite Festival →
  , Milwaukee
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• Country in the Burg
  The Cedarburg Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Cedar Creek Park
  4:30 pm
• Moonlight Paddle - Pike Lake
  West Bend Area Chamber-Commerce 304 S Main St, West Bend, WI 53095
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• West Bend Farmers' Market
  West Bend Area Chamber-Commerce Downtown West Bend
  7:30 am
• Farmers Market at Redeemer Lutheran Church
  The Cedarburg Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Redeemer Lutheran Church W76N627 Wauwatosa Road Cedarburg, WI (across from Webster Middle School)
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Come celebrate 25 years of Here We Grow!
  Here We Grow Preschool & Childcare was founded in 2001, which means 2026 is our 25th year of serving working families in our community with childcare… (Nextdoor Norport)
• To any bourbon drinkers out there.
  You need to get to Sir James Pub. Cream of Kentucky bourbon is now available. (Nextdoor West Port Dr)

• Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Material Handler in Port Washington. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Port Washington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Port Washington here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grafton

• Wisconsin DNR asks that some fence posts be removed from Lion's Den Gorge beach (tmj4.com)
• Five Milwaukee-area high school football games to watch in Week 2 (bluewaterhealthyliving.com)

Cedarburg

• Cedarburg Fire Department upgrades Ambulance Service License (gmtoday.com)
• 'Back to School, Back to You' Self-Care event Sept. 1 in Cedarburg, Wi (washingtoncountyinsider.com)
• Cedarburg resident to serve on Friends of Jonathan Clark House Board of Directors (gmtoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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