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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $10,000 grant is upgrading LifeStart Village for families
  • Why your Utah power bill may climb even after summer ends

Also on today's calendar: Rise & Restore: A Gospel Concert Of Hope & Transformation and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 81, low: 62.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Lowe's employees give back to their community on Red Vest Day (ksl.com) — A Salt Lake City–area nonprofit, the Family Support Center, just received a $10,000 Lowe's Community Impact Grant that's funding improvement projects at LifeStart Village in nearby Midvale. Lowe's employees spent Red Vest Day working on upgrades for single-parent families recovering from domestic violence and homelessness, a critical boost as more than 400 families remain on the waiting list for housing and support.
   

• Utah cooling costs surpassed yearly average before summer officially ended (fox13now.com) — Salt Lake City has already exceeded its normal annual cooling demand, logging 1,535 cooling degree days by the end of August and pushing estimated air-conditioning costs about $20 above a typical year. If conditions match the 2022 record, Utah households could see average yearly cooling bills climb to roughly $334, with September and October expenses still to come.
   


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West Valley City

  • 2021 Ford Explorer ST in West Valley City, UT (ksl.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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