🌱 How Watertown’s retiring library director reshaped your library experience

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In today's newsletter:

• How Watertown’s retiring library director reshaped your library experience

Today's riddle: Where do bad rainbows go? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as warm with hazy sun, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.
• Wednesday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Former library director opening new chapter (gazettextra.com) — Watertown residents are saying thank you to longtime Public Library Director Peg Checkai, who retired July 6 after leading the library’s major renovation and expansion. Checkai reflects on starting as a part-time assistant in 1996, helping add study rooms, teen space, and better access, and building partnerships like the Storybook Trail and Garden Tales market. She now plans to travel Wisconsin, visit libraries, and enjoy time with family and friends.
   

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📸 Around Watertown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Watertown

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Monday August 3

• 6th Grade Orchestra Camp
  Riverside Mid Watertown, WI 53094
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday July 28

• Mental Health First Aid for the Agriculture Community
  Dodge County UW Extension
  12:30 pm
• All Sports Meeting
  Dodgeland SD Juneau, WI 53039
  6:00 pm
• Board Retreat
  Watertown Unified SD Madison College, Room 143, 1300 W Main St, Watertown, WI 53098
  6:00 pm
• All-Sports Meeting
  Dodgeland SD Juneau, WI 53039
  6:00 pm

Wednesday July 29

• Parents Forever
  Dodge County UW Extension 127 E Oak St # 1, Juneau, WI 53039
  12:00 pm

Thursday July 30

• WeCOPE (Connecting with Our Positive Emotions)
  Dodge County UW Extension 127 E Oak St # 1, Juneau, WI 53039
  11:00 am

Saturday August 1

• Gene and Anne Schmidt: Tom Tiffany event →
  Johnson Creek High School, 455 Aztalan St, Johnson Creek
  1:00 pm

Monday August 3

• 6th Grade Orchestra Camp
  Riverside Mid Watertown, WI 53094
  8:00 am

Tuesday August 4

• Rent Smart Online
  Dodge County UW Extension
  11:00 am
• Mindful Movement for PD – Watertown →
  Schultz Family YMCA, 674 Johnson St, Watertown
  11:45 am
• Movie Night Under the Stars →
  Watertown Regional Medical Center, 125 Hospital Dr, Watertown
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Free 20-minute Consultation.
  www.northstaracademictutoring.com Back to School countdown is on. North Star Tutoring has open sessions for the Fall semester in downtown Watertown… (Nextdoor Downtown)

• Kindred Healthcare posted a job opening for Athletic Trainer - High School Program in Watertown. Apply here.
• Skechers USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Johnson Creek. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Watertown here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Lake Mills

• Home Talent baseball: Lake Mills topped by Footville, 14-1 (gazettextra.com)

Oconomowoc

• Brennecke sentenced to prison in hit-and-run death of Oconomowoc man (jsonline.com)

Jefferson

• County reminding agricultural producers of disaster assistance (gazettextra.com)
• Home Talent baseball: Blue Devils edge out Muskies, 5-4 (gazettextra.com)
• Buffalo Funk Fest 26 Returns To The East Side This August (wblk.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: To prism (Thank you Willy H. for sending it in!)
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