🌱 Patch AM: How a 35% water rate hike could hit Temple Terrace households

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In today's newsletter:

• How a 35% water rate hike could hit Temple Terrace households
• Curious what Yemeni coffee is like at Temple Terrace's Socotra Café?
• Community notes the passing of Shirley Ann Cory at Temple Terrace hospice

Also on today's calendar: 9-11 Remembrance Worship Service: Never Forget and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 90 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 74.
• Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Temple Terrace's plans to renovate the Whiteway plant may lead to a 35% rate increase in water bills (wmnf.org) — Temple Terrace officials are weighing two costly options to fix the aging, PFAS-contaminated Whiteway water plant, and both would likely mean about a 35% hike in water rates by 2027. Council members currently favor upgrading the city's own plant over buying county water, while also considering a pricey temporary filtration system to meet upcoming federal standards.
   

• Tampa Bay gets in on Yemeni cafe trend (axios.com) — Temple Terrace coffee lovers now have a new option with Socotra Café, a standalone Yemeni coffee shop that opened last summer as part of a fast-growing national trend. The piece explains why Yemeni cafes are booming, what makes their drinks and pastries distinct, and where other locations are popping up around Tampa Bay.
   

• Shirley Ann Cory – Sun City Center, Florida (wlen.com) — A 97-year-old Sun City Center resident, formerly from Michigan, has passed away at Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace. Her obituary reflects on her decades of service in schools and church music, her love of quilting and gardening, and shares details on Friday's funeral in Michigan for friends and family wishing to pay respects.
   

📸 Around Temple Terrace

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Temple Terrace

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 9
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  The Orpheum, 14802 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 3
• City Council Special →
  Temple Terrace, FL Calendar
  5:05 pm
Sunday September 6
• 9-11 Remembrance Worship Service: Never Forget →
  New Life Bible Church Tampa, 12101 N 56th St, Temple Terrace
  9:30 am
Monday September 7
• Labor Day/Non-Student Day
  Temple Terrace Tampa, FL 33617
Wednesday September 9
• Municipal Code Enforcement Board →
  Temple Terrace, FL Calendar Temple Terrace, FL 33617
  6:00 pm
• College Fair at Sickles High School
  Lewis, 7950 Gunn Hwy, Tampa
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Fruit Tree Giveaway & Paper Shredding Event →
  Temple Terrace, FL Calendar, 6610 Whiteway Dr, Temple Terrace
  5:00 pm
• College Fair at Newsome High School
  Lewis, 16550 Fishhawk Blvd, Lithia
  6:00 pm
Friday September 11
• 9-11 Never Forget →
  MISSION BBQ, 13612 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa
  11:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Grandparents' Day Worship Service →
  New Life Bible Church Tampa, 12101 N 56th St, Temple Terrace
  9:30 am
Tuesday September 15
• City Council Meeting →
  Temple Terrace, FL Calendar
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday September 6
• TOO SMOOTH PRESENTS " WHEN THE CITY GOES COUNTRY " WESTERN DAY PARTY & CON →
  Dallas Bull, 3322 US-301, Tampa
  5:00 pm
Monday September 7
• Labor Day/Non-Student Day
  Temple Terrace Tampa, FL 33617
Wednesday September 9
• College Fair at Sickles High School
  Lewis, 7950 Gunn Hwy, Tampa
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• College Fair at Newsome High School
  Lewis, 16550 Fishhawk Blvd, Lithia
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• UPDATE: Avery is back with her family now!
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🗞 Nearby News

Tampa

• South Tampa flooding fix: City and SoHo Business Alliance clash over best solution (tampabay28.com)

South Tampa

• Armature Works staple Graze will open a third location in South Tampa (cltampa.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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