🌱 Patch AM: How a Fenton upbringing helped shape an award-winning young music mentor

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Fenton upbringing helped shape an award-winning young music mentor
• Fenton visitor films unnervingly calm wolf shadowing a Yellowstone hiker

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 88, low: 62.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 90 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Remington R. Williams Award Recipient G Schmiedeke serves UMSL and St. Louis communities through music (umsl.edu) — A standout University of Missouri–St. Louis music student who grew up in a musically rich home in Fenton has been honored with the 2026 Remington R. Williams Award for his leadership and service. He now tutors classmates, volunteers with youth music programs across St. Louis, and offers free lessons to students who can't afford them, crediting his Fenton upbringing and UMSL mentors for shaping his passion to make music accessible to everyone.
   

• "It's Like His Dog!": Wolf Keeps Following Tourist Even After Two Bear Spray Blasts (cowboystatedaily.com) — A Yellowstone visitor from Fenton captured tense video of a collared wolf closely trailing a hiker in the park's Lamar Valley, even after two blasts of bear spray. Rangers say the young wolf was likely just overly accustomed to people, while both the hiker and the Fenton witness described the encounter as unnerving but ultimately non-aggressive.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fenton

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Friday August 28
• STE - Stanton Night at the STL City 2 Game- PTO Sponsored
  Stanton Elem. Fenton, MO 63026
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• CCL starts today
  Uthoff Valley Elem. Fenton, MO 63026
  8:00 am
• Middle School Open House
  George Guffey Elem. Fenton, MO 63026
  5:30 pm
• Fox C-6 Board of Education Meeting
  George Guffey Elem. Fox Service Center, 849 Jeffco Blvd, Arnold, MO 63010, USA
  7:00 pm
• Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting →
  City of Fenton Calendar, 625 New Smizer Mill Road, Fenton
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting →
  City of Fenton Calendar, 625 New Smizer Mill Road, Fenton
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 3
• Fox & Seckman High School Open House
  George Guffey Elem. Fenton, MO 63026
  5:30 pm
• Board of Aldermen Committee Meeting →
  City of Fenton Calendar, 625 New Smizer Mill Road, Fenton
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• Freshman, Sophomore & Junior Photos
  Lafayette Sr. High Ballwin, MO 63011
  8:38 am
• First Days for Students at CCL
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  9:33 am
• SOD PM - Emma →
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  1:00 pm
• STRETCH Open House
  Hagemann Elem. Beasley Elementary School, 3131 Koch Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125
  5:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Night Auditor in Fenton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Kirkwood

• AI used to clone St. Louis County roofing company's website (firstalert4.com)
• From the Bubble Bus to pet bubbles: Meet St. Louis' Bubble Man (stlmag.com)
• A Missouri military family needed IVF. Starbucks offered better coverage than the Army (bransontrilakesnews.com)

Webster Groves

• Construction continues on children's mental hospital in Webster Groves (firstalert4.com)
• Webster Groves Labels Ozark Theatre Dangerous, Gives Owner Deadline for Repairs (constructforstl.org)
• Dale Alice Dougherty Obituary Aug 24, 2026 - Baldwin Brothers Funeral & Cremation (baldwincremation.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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