🌱 Patch AM: Ballwin man waits for word on friend missing in Nepal floods

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• Ballwin man waits for word on friend missing in Nepal floods

Also on today's calendar: The Fabulous Fifties "All Chevy Show"! and 6 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 88 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 94, low: 68.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man with St. Louis ties missing amid Nepal's deadly glacier flooding (ksdk.com) — A Ballwin resident is anxiously seeking news about his close friend, Venus Patel, who is missing after devastating glacier-fed flash floods in Nepal. Patel, who previously lived in St. Louis and now resides in Ohio, vanished while on a Hindu pilgrimage near the disaster zone, leaving loved ones here checking daily with his family and hoping communication is simply down.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ballwin

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Monday August 31
• Make-Up Senior Portraits
  Lafayette Sr. High Lafayette High School, 17050 Clayton Rd, Wildwood, MO 63011, USA
  8:00 am
• First Days for Students at CCL
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  9:33 am
Wednesday September 2
• RM Spirit Day
  Ridge Meadows Elem. Ballwin, MO 63021
  5:00 am
Thursday September 3
• CMS Meet the Teacher Night
  Crestview Middle Ballwin, MO 63011
  4:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Lafayette Sr. High Rockwood Administrative Annex, 500 N Central Ave, Eureka, MO 63025, USA
  7:00 pm
Monday September 7
• Labor Day, No School
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
Wednesday September 9
• RM Spirit Day
  Ridge Meadows Elem. Ballwin, MO 63021
  5:00 am
• Family Cafe
  Specl. School District St. Louis Co. North Tech High School Library, 1700 Derhake Road, Florissant
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• The Fabulous Fifties "All Chevy Show"! →
  The National Museum Of Transportation, 2933 Barrett Station Rd, St. Louis
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 31
• Make-Up Senior Portraits
  Lafayette Sr. High Lafayette High School, 17050 Clayton Rd, Wildwood, MO 63011, USA
  8:00 am
• First Days for Students at CCL
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  9:33 am
Tuesday September 1
• Recycling & Trash Pickup Wednesdays Except where NOTED →
  Ellisville, MO Calendar Ellisville, MO 63011
• Yoga Stretch →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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