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🌱 How UVU’s Orem campus will change for the Charlie Kirk memorial
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Hello Orem! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How UVU's Orem campus will change for the Charlie Kirk memorial
- Why a D.C. columnist's firing traces back to a tragedy in Orem.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 94 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 93, low: 61.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 94 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• TPUSA Returning to Site of Charlie Kirk's Assassination (featurednews.com) — A high-profile Charlie Kirk memorial hosted by Turning Point USA is set for Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University's UCCU Center in Orem, with a 6:30 p.m. start expected. UVU plans to close most campus operations that day for reflection and service, positioning the private memorial within a broader effort to balance safety, healing, and free-expression debates on campus. 
• Newspaper Ordered to Reinstate Columnist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Comments (nationalenquirer.com) — A labor arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah, ruling she was wrongly fired over social media comments after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem. The decision requires the paper to provide back pay and benefits, and Attiah's supporters say it sends a broader message about journalists' free expression rights.
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5:00 pm - HS Girls Tennis vs Saint Joseph
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Discovered on August 23, 2026, the Big Mountain...
Discovered on August 23, 2026, the Big Mountain fire is currently active. As of August 24, 2026, the mapped area is about 166 acres with 10%… (Nextdoor ) - Not motivated at all to pack.
But on the other hand can't wait to already be there. Is there a FF button? (Nextdoor Scera Park North)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posted a job opening for Custodian 2 (Part time) - Orem UT Temple in Orem. Apply here.
- TriStar Centennial Medical Center posted a job opening for Patient Registrar PRN Weekdays in Orem. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orem here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lindon
- Utah has scores of public high schools — which one is No. 1? (ksl.com)
- Timpanogos School District to consider boundary study, potential closure of multiple schools (abc4.com)
Provo
- Radon Be Gone Educates Utah Residents on Critical Health Risks of Elevated Radon Levels (statenews.net)
- 5 Benefits of Natural Light in a Home (redfin.com)
- How 'worst business model in the world' redefines the road back from traumatic injuries (deseret.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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