🌱 Patch AM: National Junior Ranger Day and 11 more events

Good day Affton! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• National Junior Ranger Day at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
• History Talk: The Wedding of Ulysses and Julia Grant at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
• History talk: The Wedding of Ulysses and Julia Grant at Ulysses S Grant National Park

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 65.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees.

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📸 Around Affton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Affton

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Saturday August 22

• National Junior Ranger Day →
  Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis
  10:00 am
• History Talk: The Wedding of Ulysses and Julia Grant →
  Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis
  10:00 am
• History talk: The Wedding of Ulysses and Julia Grant
  Ulysses S Grant National Park 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis, MO 63123
  10:00 am
• National Junior Ranger Day 
  Ulysses S Grant National Park 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis, MO 63123
  11:00 am

Sunday August 23

• Ranger Program: Archeology at White Haven tour →
  Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis
  1:00 pm
• Ranger Program: Archaeology Tour
  Ulysses S Grant National Park 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis, MO 63123
  1:00 pm

Monday August 24

• First Day of School →
  Gotsch Intermediate Saint Louis, MO 63123

Saturday August 29

• Ranger Talk: From Spectacle to Surveillance: The Rise (and Descent) of the Union Army Balloon Corps
  Ulysses S Grant National Park 7400 Grant Road, Saint Louis, MO 63123
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21

• Meet The Teacher (AL@
  Bristol Elementary Saint Louis, MO 63119
  7:45 am
• Freshman Day in Holley Gym 7:45AM-12:30PM
  Kirkwood High School Saint Louis, MO 63122
  7:45 am
• Meet the Teacher (1st-5th)
  Avery Elementary Saint Louis, MO 63119
  8:00 am
• OHS Staff Pictures in Cafeteria
  Oakville Sr. High Saint Louis, MO 63129
  8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Webster Groves

• Firm Says Kitchen Remodels Often Fail When Layout Gets Skipped for Finishes (beaconjournal.com)
• Stanley Browne launches Cellar & Table, a new wine and hospitality venture in St. Louis (stlmag.com)

Kirkwood

• DAILY PODCAST: The Little Potato Tree in Fart Corner (1057thepoint.com)
• Stengel, Mary Jeanette Houska (kutisfuneralhomes.com)

Clayton

• MDC's Powder Valley Nature Center throwing Birthday Bash for Peanut the Turtle Aug. 29 (mo.gov)
• The Magic House reimagines Trike Town with new Route 66 exhibit (stlmag.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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