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In today's newsletter:

• How a Town and Country golfer keeps winning big championships at 52.

Also on today's calendar: Harvest Moon 5K Run and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 83 and low of 51 degrees.
• Friday: Very warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 89, low: 57. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Berkmeyer adds another tournament championship to his portfolio (westnewsmagazine.com) — A Town and Country golfer, 52-year-old Skip Berkmeyer, just added another major title by winning the 34th Metropolitan Senior Amateur Championship. His latest victory, played at Quincy Country Club, extends a long record of regional and statewide golf successes, while he now balances high-level competition with family life and his daughter's growing softball career.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Town and Country

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• Harvest Moon 5K Run →
  Route 66 State Park, 97 N Outer Rd, Eureka
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 9
• Walk to School
  Green Trails Elementary Chesterfield, MO 63017
  7:45 am
• North Area Night at Parkway North Football
  Parkway North High School, 12860 Fee Fee Rd, St. Louis
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• City of Town and Country, MO Electronics Recycling Event →
  1011 Municipal Center Drive, Town and Country
  9:00 am
• City of Town and Country, MO Document Destruction and Recycling Event →
  1011 Municipal Center Drive, Town and Country
  9:00 am
• Bellerive Night at Romeo & Zooliet
  Shakespeare Glen, Forest Park, 6604 Fine Arts Drive, St. Louis
  6:30 pm
Monday October 12
• Parent Learning Night
  Henry Elementary Chesterfield, MO 63017
  6:00 pm
• Board of Aldermen Meeting →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar, 1011 Municipal Center Drive, St. Louis
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Yoga Stretch →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  8:00 am
• Yoga Flow →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  9:00 am
• MHS Choir Concert
  Marquette Sr. High Chesterfield, MO 63017
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Yoga Flow →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  9:00 am
• Family Cafe
  North Tech High School Library, 1700 Derhake Road, Florissant
  6:00 pm

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Kirkwood

• Powder Valley Nature Center welcomes families to Trek or Treat Critter Crawl Oct. 17 (mo.gov)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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