🌱 Patch AM: How Kansas City trash truck drivers turned work skills into a rodeo

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In today's newsletter:

• How Kansas City trash truck drivers turned work skills into a rodeo

Also on today's calendar: Job News Kansas City Job Fair | Multi-Industry Hiring Event and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny, breezy and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 80 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Near-record heat, temps: high: 101, low: 79.
• Tuesday: Hot with sunshine, with a high of 101 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Garbage truck rodeo: Waste disposal experts show off skills in obstacle course (kctv5.com) — Kansas City waste disposal drivers put their skills to the test Saturday in a garbage truck "rodeo" at Monarchs Stadium, navigating tight turns and mock neighborhood streets. Hosted by Republic Services, the local competition doubled as a qualifier, sending top Kansas City performers on to a national contest in Arizona next February.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kansas City

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Wednesday September 2
• Job News Kansas City Job Fair | Multi-Industry Hiring Event →
  Harrah's Kansas City - A Caesars Rewards Destination, 1 Riverboat Dr, North Kansas City
  10:00 am
Friday September 4
• Candlelight: 90s Unplugged →
  Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W 47th St, KCMO
  6:30 pm
• Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons →
  Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W 47th St, KCMO
  8:45 pm
Saturday September 5
• Free Weekend Fun: Mini to Monumental →
  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO
  11:00 am
• Gilmore Girls Trivia →
  Weston Wine Company, 540 Main St, Weston
  7:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• 44th Annual Atha Lecture: Art, Nature, and Well-being in Museums Today →
  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, KCMO
  6:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Tiny Explorers Stroller Adventures →
  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 4525 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 64111
  10:30 am
• Insane Clown Posse →
  The Truman, 601 E Truman Rd, KCMO
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday August 30
• Sunday Worship Services
  Independence Chamber-Commerce 17902 North Whitney Road, Independence, MO 64058
  9:45 am
Monday August 31
• Fall Student Pictures
  Heritage Middle School Liberty, MO 64068
  7:00 am
• First Day of School Early Childhood
  Fort Osage R-i Independence, MO 64058
  7:00 am
• School in Session
  Thomas Hart Benton Elementary School 429 S. Leslie, Independence, MO 64050
  7:55 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Drury Hotels Company, LLC posted a job opening for Assistant Executive Housekeeper in Kansas City. Apply here.
• Progress Rail Services Corporation posted a job opening for Machine Operator/Laborer in Kansas City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kansas City here.

🗞 Nearby News

North Kansas City

• St. Pius X grounds Hawklets, Blue Springs roars in Missouri high school football (kansascity.com)
• Building the Next Generation — Differently (tomorrowstechnician.com)

Raytown

• August 27, 2026 The Night the Moon Turned Red (blogspot.com)
• Jackson County has given out more than 1,000 Narcan doses from vending machines. Now it's adding another (kcur.org)
• Big Changes Are Coming to MeTV With a New Schedule, With Gilligan's Island & Others Coming Back (cordcuttersnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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