🌱 Why Deion Sanders brought the Buffs’ fall camp down to Fountain

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Deion Sanders brought the Buffs’ fall camp down to Fountain

Today's riddle: Why was the pony eating cough drops? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Drenching afternoon t-storms, temps: high: 87, low: 58.
• Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 57 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 'No Phones… No Watches': Deion Sanders Strictly Bans Colorado Players From Unacceptable Meeting Habits (yardbarker.com) — Colorado Buffaloes players spent their first week of fall camp training and bonding at Fountain-Fort Carson High School, about 113 miles south of Boulder. Coach Deion Sanders used the Fountain trip to enforce strict no-phone, no-watch rules in meetings and emphasize team chemistry, especially important with dozens of new transfers joining the roster this season.
   

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📸 Around Fountain

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fountain

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Thursday August 13

• First Day of School (PK and Online Academy)
  Fountain 8 Fountain, CO 80817
• ​Toddler Time​
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  9:30 am
• Toddler Time​
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  10:30 am
• Teen Craft Group
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  4:30 pm

Saturday August 15

• Paws to Read
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  10:00 am
• Fountain Playgroup
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  10:30 am

Tuesday August 18

• ​Storytime​
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  10:30 am
• Storytime​
  Fountain Branch Library 230 S. Main St., Fountain, CO, 80817, US
  11:15 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 12

• Fiber Friends Wednesdays
  Security Public Library Meeting Room
  12:30 pm
• Movie at the Senior Center: "Nuremberg"
  Security Public Library Fountain Valley Senior Center
  1:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• Instrument Rental Night
  WSD3 Preschool Janitell Junior High School, 7635 Fountain Mesa Rd, Fountain, C
  4:30 pm
• Security Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
  Security Public Library Meeting Room
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hey neighbors 👋🏻
  What residential trash service do you use and recommend for 80817 round about boca raton? (Nextdoor Midway/Hanover)

• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Retail Customer Service Cashier in Fountain. Apply here.
• Goodwill of Colorado posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor - Fountain Store in Fountain. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fountain here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Colorado Springs

• Colorado Springs City Council approves increased security along S. Nevada Ave. (koaa.com)
• Colorado Springs seeks feedback on draft plan for Old Stratton Park (krdo.com)
• Heidrich's Colorado Tree Farm Nursery's summer selection (fox21news.com)

Manitou Springs

• 306 Sutherland Pl, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 - 3 beds/3 baths (redfin.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was a little hoarse. (Thank you Henry L. for sending it in!)
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