🌱 Patch AM: How a Principia star could turn into the Lakers’ lost gem

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Principia star could turn into the Lakers' lost gem

Also on today's calendar: Slyman Bros Appliances Sept. 1, 2026 Inaugural Charity Golf Open to Benefit The Dream Factory and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, a shower; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 64 degrees.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 87, low: 68. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lakers' Win-Now Gamble Could Cost Them 'Crafty and Talented' Guard (heavy.com) — A standout Principia School guard from Town and Country Quentin Coleman, is emerging as a major 2027 NBA Draft prospect after leading Principia to back-to-back state titles. National analysts now project he could be taken with a Lakers first-round pick currently owed to Memphis, giving local fans a direct connection to a key storyline in Los Angeles' long-term draft gamble.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Town and Country

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Friday August 21
• Bricks 4 Kidz →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  9:00 am
Saturday August 22
• NJT Presents "Job" by Max Wolf Friedlich
  The Jewish Community Center - St. Louis The J – Staenberg Family Complex (Arts & Education Building), 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63146
  2:00 pm
Sunday August 23
• Summer Used Book Sale
  The Jewish Community Center - St. Louis The J – Staenberg Family Complex (Arts & Education Building), 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63146
• Ambulance Dedication
  The Jewish Community Center - St. Louis To Be Announced
  4:00 pm
Monday August 24
• First Day of School
  Ladue Early Childhood Center Saint Louis, MO 63141
• Summer Used Book Sale
  The Jewish Community Center - St. Louis The J – Staenberg Family Complex (Arts & Education Building), 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63146
• City Council Work Session →
  City of Creve Coeur -
  6:00 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  City of Creve Coeur -
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Slyman Bros Appliances Sept. 1, 2026 Inaugural Charity Golf Open to Benefit The Dream Factory →
  Tapawingo National Golf Club, 13001 Gary Player Dr, St. Louis
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• SOD PM - Emma →
  City of Des Peres Calendar Des Peres, MO 63131
  1:00 pm
• Early Childhood Center Open House
  Valley Park , MO 63088
  2:30 pm
• K-5 Open House
  Valley Park , MO 63088
  3:30 pm
• New and Returning Student Open House
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Creve Coeur

• Creve Coeur to place Proposition G on November ballot (westnewsmagazine.com)
• Creve Coeur looks to partner with MSD on Malcolm Terrace Park bridge project (westnewsmagazine.com)
• Audrey Joy Bear Jerseyville (rivercountynews.com)

Ballwin

• Firm Says Kitchen Remodels Often Fail When Layout Gets Skipped for Finishes (beaconjournal.com)
• Panera Logo, symbol, meaning, history, PNG, brand (logos-world.net)

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