🌱 How did a Bessemer Chinese restaurant fare on its latest inspection?

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• How did a Bessemer Chinese restaurant fare on its latest inspection?

Today's riddle: What does a thesaurus eat for breakfast? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 73.
• Monday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Restaurant Scorecard: Temperature violations and sanitation issues found at senior living facility, 2 restaurants (wbrc.com) — Health inspectors recently gave Jade Garden Chinese restaurant in Bessemer an 83, citing improperly stored foods like pooled eggs, raw beef, shrimp, and tofu that had to be discarded. The report also notes several sanitation and maintenance issues, alongside similar temperature and safety problems found at establishments in Vestavia Hills and Hoover.
   

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📸 Around Bessemer

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bessemer

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★ Featured events ★

Monday July 13

• Cottage Food Training – Jefferson Co (Bessemer) →
  Bessemer Public Library, 400 19th St N, Bessemer
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Bessemer Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday June 20

• Brunch & Bubbly
  Hoover Chamber of Commerce Board In Birmingham 5426 Hwy 280, Suite 6 Hoover, AL 35242
  9:00 am
• FAIRFIELD JUNETEENTH EXTRAVAGANZA →
  Faces Lounge, 7070 Aaron Aronov Dr, Fairfield
  3:00 pm

Monday June 22

• Dinosaur Remix Storytime
  Hoover Public Library - Youth Program Room
  9:30 am
• Dinosaurs, Reactions, and Explosions, Oh My! Science, Spect
  Powderly Branch Library
  10:00 am
• Libby Meet & Greet
  Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
  10:30 am
• Reading Buddies
  Hoover Public Library - Teen Department
  3:00 pm
• Sourdough for Beginners
  Hoover Public Library - Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms
  6:30 pm

Tuesday June 23

• PowerPoint: Crash Course!
  Hoover Public Library - #Friends Meeting Room
  10:00 am
• VHMC: Let's Talk Chemo Support Group
  Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce Vestavia Hills Methodist Church, 2061 Kentucky Ave., Vestavia Hills, AL, held in the small dining room
  1:00 pm
• Complimentary Tasting: Hoover Steaks & Wines
  Hoover Chamber of Commerce Hoover Steaks & Wines 5868 Elsie Road Hoover AL 35244
  4:30 pm
• Polymer Clay Dragon Eyes
  Hoover Public Library - Youth Program Room
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Everyone around Porter and Porter Green Dr;
  please be on look out for Gizmo. She is totally blind. Missing. (Nextdoor Morgan Rd)

• Cintas Corporation posted a job opening for Production Associate - Garment Hanger/Inspector - $17.00+/Hour in Bessemer. Apply here.
• Cintas posted a job opening for Warehouse Associate - Wastewater Technician - 3rd Shift in Bessemer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bessemer here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hueytown

• Red, White & Boom lights up Hueytown (wbrc.com)
• June 18, 2026 (birminghamtimes.com)

Hoover

• Miss Hoover, Miss Hoover's Teen contests set for Saturday, June 20 (hooversun.com)
• BumperNets turns 26 inside the Galleria (hooversun.com)
• Chris Richards talks about his Alabama roots and the journey to World Cup success (al.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A synonym roll! (Thank you Sue P. for sending it in!)
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