🌱 Patch AM: Kirkwood postcard collectors: see what’s planned for the club’s 50th show

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• Kirkwood postcard collectors: see what's planned for the club's 50th show

Also on today's calendar: Little's Loft Brunch Benefiting Angels' Arms.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 86 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 89, low: 65.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 94 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• St. Louis Gateway Post Card Club celebrates its 50th Annual Show, Sale (timestribunenews.com) — If you're a Kirkwood postcard fan, the St. Louis Gateway Post Card Club that meets at the Kirkwood Community Center is celebrating its 50th annual show and sale this Labor Day weekend in Caseyville, Illinois. Members gather monthly in Kirkwood to trade cards, hear brief programs, and tap into a low-cost, beginner-friendly hobby with expert appraisals available at the show.
   

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Friday September 4
• Little's Loft Brunch Benefiting Angels' Arms →
  Little's Loft Play Cafe, 117 W Argonne Dr, Kirkwood
  11:00 am
Monday September 7
• Labor Day Holiday - District Closed
  Kirkwood R-vII Saint Louis, MO 63122

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• First Days for Students at CCL
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  9:33 am
• SOD PM - Christina →
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  1:00 pm
• Aquatic Center – Daily Hours* →
  Crestwood, MO Calendar, 9245 Whitecliff Park Lane, Crestwood
  4:00 pm
• Back To School Bash Out Back!
  Kehrs Mill Elem. Chesterfield, MO 63017
  5:30 pm
• PTO Back-to-School Picnic at Millennium Park
  Bellerive Elementary Millennium Park, 2 Barnes W Dr, Creve Coeur, MO 63141, USA
  6:00 pm
• Away Football vs. Ritenour @ 6pm
  Kirkwood High School Saint Louis, MO 63122
  6:00 pm
• PTO Back to School Bash
  Westridge Elem. Ballwin, MO 63011
  6:30 pm
• Old Orchard Gazebo Music Series →
  City of Webster Groves Calendar, 8180 Big Bend Blvd., Webster Groves
  7:00 pm
• STE - Stanton Night at the STL City 2 Game- PTO Sponsored
  Stanton Elem. Fenton, MO 63026
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• SOD AM - Amy →
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  6:30 am

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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