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🌱 Patch AM: Ballwin man waits for word on friend missing in Nepal floods
Be sure to catch The Fabulous Fifties "All Chevy Show"! on the Ballwin Patch calendar
Greetings Ballwin! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- 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!)
- 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. 
📸 Around Ballwin
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ballwin
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- 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 - RM Spirit Day
Ridge Meadows Elem. Ballwin, MO 63021
5:00 am - 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 - Labor Day, No School
Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26 - 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 - The Fabulous Fifties "All Chevy Show"! →
The National Museum Of Transportation, 2933 Barrett Station Rd, St. Louis
9:00 am
Monday August 31
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
Monday September 7
Wednesday September 9
Sunday September 13
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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 - 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
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
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💬 Chatter
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- Lowe's Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Part Time - Receiver/Stocker - Flexible in Ballwin. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Wildwood
- Who's the Dork? (Full Show) (101espn.com)
- Shelter Scrambles After 24 Puppies Are Born In Just One Week (thedodo.com)
- Pet owners feel squeezed as veterinary costs rise (firstalert4.com)
Kirkwood
- Wildwood unable to save historic structure (westnewsmagazine.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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