🌱 How Rocky River’s perfect start is shaking up area soccer rankings

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In today's newsletter:

• How Rocky River’s perfect start is shaking up area soccer rankings

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 61 degrees.
• Wednesday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
• Thursday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 77 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Morning Journal boys soccer Top of the Crop for Aug. 24 (morningjournal.com) — Rocky River boys soccer is surging in the Morning Journal’s regional Top of the Crop rankings, sitting sixth after a perfect 3-0 start and 11 goals in its last two games. The Pirates also have a key test coming up this week against Firelands, as several nearby programs like Avon, Bay, and Avon Lake crowd the top spots.
   

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📸 Around Rocky River

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rocky River

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12

• Hollywood Feed - Rocky River →
  Hollywood Feed, 19565 Detroit Rd, Rocky River
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26

• Senior PLC: Career & College Planning
  Rocky River High School 20951 Detroit Road , Rocky River, OH 44116
  7:55 am

Thursday August 27

• Picture Day
  Kensington Intermediate Rocky River, OH 44116
  9:00 am
• RRHS Open House
  Rocky River High School 20951 Detroit Road , Rocky River, OH 44116
  6:00 pm

Friday August 28

• PTA Mum Sale Kickoff (ends 9/13/26)
  Kensington Intermediate Rocky River, OH 44116
  8:30 am

Wednesday September 2

• Beginning Band Night Parent Meeting
  Kensington Intermediate Kensington School, 20140 Lake Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116, USA
  7:00 pm

Thursday September 3

• PTA Membership Meeting -Library
  Kensington Intermediate Kensington School, 20140 Lake Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116, USA
  7:00 pm

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📣 Rocky River Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25

• Morning Networking at Centering Space
  Lakewood Chamber of Commerce Centering Space 14812 Lake Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107
  8:00 am
• KDG Screening
  Hayes Elementary 16401 Delaware Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107
  8:45 am
• Virtual Author Talk
  Westlake Porter Public Library - Online
  2:00 pm
• Fall Play Auditions
  Bay Village City Bay Village, OH 44140
  3:00 pm
• Fall Play Callbacks
  Bay Village City Bay Village, OH 44140
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• am i the only one who remembers dressing up for church and sunday dinners?
  taking walks in the park? helping people who couldn't reach the top shelf? waving at people in cars? having real people answer the phone? being… (Nextdoor Spencer Rd)
• i am grateful i have a cat who sits on me and purrs i live in an apartment on the first floor i can smile and sing i can get up each morning and i know so much about so many things i can share my joy make people smile and laugh this is a crazy
  ever changing world where bad news is everywhere but the sky is still blue and the good memories linger i'm glad to share them with you (Nextdoor Spencer Rd)

• Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Seafood Team Member (Service Counter) - Part Time in Rocky River. Apply here.
• CommuteAir posted a job opening for Lead Crew Scheduler in Westlake. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rocky River here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fairview Park

• Cleveland Area Storms Bring Wind, Hail And Flood Threats (rollingout.com)

Lakewood

• Recess fun and more -- Lakewood City Schools adds new playground equipment at two elementary schools (cleveland.com)
• Ohio regulators cite FirstEnergy after hundreds of residents report grueling power outages (thecooldown.com)
• USA TODAY Sports Super 15 Midwest region football rankings, Week 2 (usatoday.com)

Westlake

• VIDEO: Fight breaks out at Westlake wedding, multiple people arrested (fox8.com)
• Connecting for Kids offers a free September 'Behavior Chat' at Westlake's Porter Public Library (cleveland.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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