🌱 Patch AM: How a Ladue dad’s quiet photos led all the way to Oscar.

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• How a Ladue dad's quiet photos led all the way to Oscar.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 100 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, hot and humid, temps: high: 90, low: 67.
• Monday: Sunshine; warm, less humid, with a high of 89 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• St. Louis photographer wins Oscar for documentary 'All the Empty Rooms' (laduenews.com) — A St. Louis photographer whose daughter attends Ladue Horton Watkins High School has just won an Oscar for his documentary "All the Empty Rooms," about bedrooms left untouched after school shootings. His deeply personal project, shot simply with one camera and natural light, aims to honor victims, extend the conversation beyond headlines, and encourage changes that keep students safe.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 5
• University of Missouri - St. Louis Women's Soccer at Southwest Bapt
  University of Missouri-St. Louis Bolivar, Mo. / SBU Soccer Field
  12:00 pm
• University of Missouri - St. Louis Women's Volleyball vs Florida So
  University of Missouri-St. Louis Tampa, Fla. / Bob Martinez Athletics Center
  12:30 pm
• SOD PM - Kaiya →
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  1:00 pm
• University of Missouri - St. Louis Men's Soccer at Southwest Baptis
  University of Missouri-St. Louis Bolivar, Mo. / SBU Soccer Field
  2:30 pm
• University of Missouri - St. Louis Women's Volleyball at Tampa
  University of Missouri-St. Louis Tampa, Fla. / Bob Martinez Athletics Center
  6:30 pm
Sunday September 6
• University of Missouri - St. Louis Women's Golf at DBU Fall Invitat
  University of Missouri-St. Louis Thackerville, Okla. / Winstar GC
• SOD AM - Kayla →
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  8:30 am
• Timmy No Brakes →
  Helium Comedy Club, 1151 St Louis Galleria St, Richmond Heights
  7:00 pm
Monday September 7
• City Offices Closed for Labor Day →
  Olivette, MO Calendar Olivette, MO 63132
• Labor Day (District Closed)
  Ladue Fifth Grade Center Saint Louis, MO 63141
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  City of Webster Groves Calendar Webster Groves, MO 63119

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🗞 Nearby News

University City

• Vandals damage Flock cameras across St. Louis region. Police grapple with public mistrust. (stltoday.com)
• To get into Anthropic right now, you need at least $25 million. For OpenAI, it's closer to $1 million. (fortune.com)
• She found a coral reef that shouldn't exist. Now she's bringing it home to St. Louis. Sort of. (stljewishlight.org)

Webster Groves

• 463 Newport Avenue, Webster Groves (riverbender.com)
• Webster Groves police expand 'Blue Envelope Program' to assist drivers with developmental disabilities during traffic stops (firstalert4.com)
• Enjoy Illinois 300 returns to World Wide Technology Raceway next weekend. (stlamerican.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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