🌱 Patch AM: When and where you can honor Michael Kilian in Affton

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In today's newsletter:

• When and where you can honor Michael Kilian in Affton
• How Affton helped say goodbye to a nationally known poker pro

Also on today's calendar: OUTDOOR, FUNDRAISING CONCERT with SappingTones and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.
• Wednesday: Very warm with periods of sun, temps: high: 88, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kilian, Michael G. (kutisfuneralhomes.com) — A longtime St. Louis resident with deep family ties will be laid to rest from Kutis Affton Chapel on Gravois Road this Thursday morning, with visitation Wednesday evening. Local friends and neighbors are invited to pay their respects and, if they wish, support animal charities that meant a lot to him.
   

• Josh Turner, a Beloved Poker Pro With $2.4 Million in Cashes, Passes Away at 46 (pokernews.com) — A well-known St. Louis poker pro with national recognition was memorialized earlier this month at Kutis Affton Chapel, drawing friends from the poker community to the Affton area. Local readers who knew him from regional games may appreciate the look back at his career highlights and the impact he had on fellow players.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Affton

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Wednesday September 30
• Boys' Soccer Game @PCS
  Rogers Middle School Saint Louis, MO 63123
  4:00 pm
• Girls' Volleyball Game@JBS
  Rogers Middle School Saint Louis, MO 63123
  5:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Free Immunization Clinic
  Bayless Junior High Saint Louis, MO 63123
  8:00 am
Saturday October 3
• OUTDOOR, FUNDRAISING CONCERT with SappingTones →
  1015 S Sappington Rd, St. Louis
  9:00 am
• Bike The Branches
  Ulysses S Grant National Park, 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis
  9:00 am
Monday October 5
• Girls' Volleyball Game@Principia
  Rogers Middle School Saint Louis, MO 63123
  4:15 pm
Wednesday October 7
• White Haven Readers Guild
  Ulysses S Grant National Park, 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis
  2:00 pm
• Boys' Soccer Game @Wydown
  Rogers Middle School Saint Louis, MO 63123
  4:00 pm
• Girls' Volleyball Game@Wydown
  Rogers Middle School Saint Louis, MO 63123
  4:15 pm
Friday October 9
• History Talk: Grant's Hardscrabble Cabin →
  7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis
  10:00 am
• History talk: Hardscrabble
  Ulysses S Grant National Park, 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis
  10:00 am
• Special Exhibit: 170 years of Hardscrabble, Grant's Cabin
  Ulysses S Grant National Park, 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis
  11:00 am

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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