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🌱 Patch AM: Kirkwood postcard collectors: see what’s planned for the club’s 50th show
Be sure to catch Little's Loft Brunch Benefiting Angels' Arms on the Kirkwood Patch calendar
Good morning Kirkwood! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- 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!)
- 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. 
📸 Around Kirkwood
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kirkwood
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- Little's Loft Brunch Benefiting Angels' Arms →
Little's Loft Play Cafe, 117 W Argonne Dr, Kirkwood
11:00 am - Labor Day Holiday - District Closed
Kirkwood R-vII Saint Louis, MO 63122
Friday September 4
Monday September 7
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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 - SOD AM - Amy →
City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
6:30 am
Friday August 28
Saturday August 29
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Remington R. Williams Award Recipient G Schmiedeke serves UMSL and St. Louis communities through music (umsl.edu)
- Father John J. Wetmore (stlouisreview.com)
Ladue
- Mehlville volleyball enters season confidently (callnewspapers.com)
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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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