🌱 Patch AM: How Crystal’s vape ban push could mirror Golden Valley’s rules

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In today's newsletter:

• How Crystal's vape ban push could mirror Golden Valley's rules

Also on today's calendar: 30+ Soccer Tournament - Ancient Ranger and 6 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
• Monday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Health Versus Freedom: Crystal Council Considers Flavored Vape, Tobacco Ban (ccxmedia.org) — Golden Valley already has strict flavored tobacco rules, and Crystal may soon follow suit with a proposed citywide ban on flavored tobacco and vape products. Crystal officials frame the move as a public health step, while local vape shop owners warn it could shutter businesses and are organizing petitions ahead of a Sept. 15 public meeting.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Golden Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• 30+ Soccer Tournament - Ancient Ranger →
  National Sports Center, 1750 105th Ave NE, Blaine
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Monday August 31
• Glencoe Area In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
  MnCAN Group Glencoe Regional Health
  10:00 am
• Victoria In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
  MnCAN Group Mount Olivet Lutheran Church West Campus
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Virtual Coffee Club
  MnCAN Group Virtual Via Zoom
  8:00 am
Wednesday September 2
• Virtual Burnsville Aphasia Conversation Group
  MnCAN Group Virtual Via Zoom
  10:30 am
Thursday September 3
• South Metro Apple Valley In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
  MnCAN Group Galaxie Library (Apple Valley)
  9:30 am
• Virtual Better Together Aphasia Conversation
  MnCAN Group Virtual Via Zoom
  9:30 am
• Cityview Back to School Open House
  Cityview Community Minneapolis, MN 55412
  3:30 pm
• Camden Connection Night
  Henry Senior High Camden High School, 4320 N Newton Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55412
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival
  MPLS Chamber of Commerce Minnesota Renaissance Festival
  9:00 am
• Baby Storytime
  Ridgedale Library 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305
  10:00 am
Monday August 31
• Summer Education Series #3
  Lake Harriet Masonic Lodge 4519 France Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410
• Glencoe Area In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
  MnCAN Group Glencoe Regional Health
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Minneapolis

• Man charged with double stabbing in Coon Rapids on the loose (kstp.com)
• Hopkins utility pole death: Xcel Energy says it never got complaints about pole that killed man (fox9.com)
• Minnesota's Hennepin County tops U.S. in federal spending (bigcountrynewsconnection.com)

Plymouth

• IMAX Screen Coming to Plymouth Movie Theater (ccxmedia.org)

Maple Grove

• Girl Under 10 Dies After Minibike Struck By Vehicle In Brooklyn Center (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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