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🌱 Patch AM: How Crystal’s vape ban push could mirror Golden Valley’s rules
Coming up: 30+ Soccer Tournament - Ancient Ranger on the Golden Valley Patch calendar
Good morning Golden Valley! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Crystal's vape ban push could mirror Golden Valley's rules
Also on today's calendar: 30+ Soccer Tournament - Ancient Ranger and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
- Monday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Health Versus Freedom: Crystal Council Considers Flavored Vape, Tobacco Ban (ccxmedia.org) — Golden Valley already has strict flavored tobacco rules, and Crystal may soon follow suit with a proposed citywide ban on flavored tobacco and vape products. Crystal officials frame the move as a public health step, while local vape shop owners warn it could shutter businesses and are organizing petitions ahead of a Sept. 15 public meeting. 
📸 Around Golden Valley
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Golden Valley
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★ Featured events ★
- 30+ Soccer Tournament - Ancient Ranger →
National Sports Center, 1750 105th Ave NE, Blaine
8:00 am
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Glencoe Area In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
MnCAN Group Glencoe Regional Health
10:00 am - Victoria In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
MnCAN Group Mount Olivet Lutheran Church West Campus
1:00 pm - Virtual Coffee Club
MnCAN Group Virtual Via Zoom
8:00 am - Virtual Burnsville Aphasia Conversation Group
MnCAN Group Virtual Via Zoom
10:30 am - South Metro Apple Valley In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
MnCAN Group Galaxie Library (Apple Valley)
9:30 am - Virtual Better Together Aphasia Conversation
MnCAN Group Virtual Via Zoom
9:30 am - Cityview Back to School Open House
Cityview Community Minneapolis, MN 55412
3:30 pm - Camden Connection Night
Henry Senior High Camden High School, 4320 N Newton Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55412
4:00 pm
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
📣 Golden Valley Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Minnesota Renaissance Festival
MPLS Chamber of Commerce Minnesota Renaissance Festival
9:00 am - Baby Storytime
Ridgedale Library 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305
10:00 am - Summer Education Series #3
Lake Harriet Masonic Lodge 4519 France Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410 - Glencoe Area In-Person Aphasia Conversation Group
MnCAN Group Glencoe Regional Health
10:00 am
Saturday August 29
Monday August 31
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🗞 Nearby News
Minneapolis
- Man charged with double stabbing in Coon Rapids on the loose (kstp.com)
- Hopkins utility pole death: Xcel Energy says it never got complaints about pole that killed man (fox9.com)
- Minnesota's Hennepin County tops U.S. in federal spending (bigcountrynewsconnection.com)
Plymouth
- IMAX Screen Coming to Plymouth Movie Theater (ccxmedia.org)
Maple Grove
- Girl Under 10 Dies After Minibike Struck By Vehicle In Brooklyn Center (patch.com)
Ok Golden Valley! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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