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In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Montgomery 8U softball champs who battled back for a title
• How Alabama lawmakers in Montgomery want to police AI for teens

Also on today's calendar: Back to Ballet Open House at Tutu School! Featuring a special guest! and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, temps: high: 96, low: 70.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 96 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Montgomery Gray 8U softball team caps summer with World Series title (waka.com) — Young athletes from Montgomery's Gray 8U softball team just brought home a Dixie Softball Darlings World Series championship after a dramatic comeback run through the losers' bracket. The 7- and 8-year-old girls were honored at a Montgomery City Council meeting for winning district, state, and then the World Series title against teams from several states.
   

• Alabama lawmakers react to launch of ChatGPT for teens (wsfa.com) — State lawmakers meeting in Montgomery are weighing how to regulate artificial intelligence just as OpenAI launches its new ChatGPT for Teens platform. Local legislators say the teen-focused tool, with added safety and parental controls, is a promising start but stress that Alabama still must craft rules and education efforts to keep young users safe online.
   

📸 Around Montgomery

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Montgomery

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Friday August 21
• Football @ Enterprise
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• V VB @ PCA Tourn
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• MS Football Marbury Jamboree
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• Back to Ballet Open House at Tutu School! Featuring a special guest! →
  Tutu School Montgomery, 2960G Zelda Rd, Montgomery
  1:00 pm
Monday August 24
• GW Campus MS Football Vs Lee-Scott (Home)
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• MS Football Vs Lee-Scott (Home)
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• GW Campus Student Picture Day
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
• GW Campus Dee & J leave for Houston
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  2:00 pm
• PRS BOE Meeting
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Preschool Storytime →
  Wetumpka, AL Calendar, 212 South Main Street, Wetumpka
  10:00 am
• GW Campus Herff Jones Visit - Class Rings Orders
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  10:30 am
• Football @ Enterprise
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• MS Football Marbury Jamboree
  Pike Road City Pike Road, AL 36064

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Big thumbs up for our sanitation workers.
  They picked up our trash yesterday on Beardsley Drive and the young man took my empty trash can all the way to the rear of the driveway where we keep… (Nextdoor Thousand Oaks)
• A Call For a Cleaner and More Beautiful Montgomery
  Dear Mayor, Governor, City and County Leaders, Business owners, and Fellow Citizens of Montgomery, I'm writing to ask that we give greater attention… (Nextdoor Rosedon)

• MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Mover Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $18-$47/Hr in Montgomery. Apply here.
• Ryder System posted a job opening for Inventory Clerk - 1st Shift in Montgomery. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montgomery here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pike Road

• What to do in Montgomery for Aug. 20-26 (sunherald.com)
• Col. John Eidsmoe: Socialists, communists, what's the difference? (1819news.com)
• See 2026 Week 0 Alabama high school football scores from the Montgomery area (montgomeryadvertiser.com)

Millbrook

• AEW Pulls Ex-WWE Star From Indie Show in Surprise Move (wrestlezone.com)

Wetumpka

• Prattville Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 Dixie Butt Fundraiser (blogspot.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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