🌱 Patch AM: Left To Suffer brings new album and tour to Val Air Ballroom

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• Left To Suffer brings new album and tour to Val Air Ballroom

Also on today's calendar: Isaiah 117 Annual Golf Tournament.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 91, low: 74.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Left To Suffer Wants Everyone To 'STFU' On New Single (idobi.com) — Metal fans in West Des Moines can catch Left To Suffer and Dying Fetus when their fall tour hits Val Air Ballroom on September 28. The Atlanta band is promoting its upcoming album "Unwelcome Guest" and just released a heavy new single, "STFU," ahead of the show.
   

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Thursday September 10
• Isaiah 117 Annual Golf Tournament →
  Waveland Golf Course, 4908 University Ave, Des Moines
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• Boys Cross Country: Johnston Sunrise Invitational (Varsity)
  Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District Adel, IA 50003
  8:00 am
• Volleyball: Harlan Tournament (Varsity)
  Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District Adel, IA 50003
  8:00 am
• Volleyball: Bondurant-Farrar Varsity Volleyball Skip Anderson Class
  Van Meter Comm School District Bondurant-Farrar High School
  8:00 am
• Girls Cross Country: Johnston Sunrise Invitational (Varsity)
  Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District Adel, IA 50003
  8:00 am
• Boys Cross Country: ()
  Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District Adel, IA 50003
  8:00 am
• Are You Ready For It? - A Taylor Experience →
  The Ingersoll Tap, 2837 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines
  1:00 pm
• Summer Concert Series →
  Johnston, IA Calendar, 6221 Merle Hay Road, Johnston
  7:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Member Orientation
  Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce Adel City Hall 301 S 10th Street Adel, IA 50003
  10:00 am
• Volleyball: ADM JV1 & 9A Quad (Freshman)
  Van Meter Comm School District ADM High School North Gym
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball: ADM JV1 & 9A Quad (Junior Varsity)
  Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District Adel, IA 50003
  5:00 pm
• Football: ADM vs Winterset (Junior Varsity)
  Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District Adel, IA 50003
  6:00 pm

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