🌱 Fox Island Commodore Ball and 10 more events

Hey there, Fox Island! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Fox Island Commodore Ball at Fox Island Yacht Club

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 59 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy with a stray shower, temps: high: 59, low: 45.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 54 and low of 44 degrees.

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📸 Around Fox Island

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fox Island

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 16

• Fox Island Commodore Ball →
  Fox Island Yacht Club, 1061 12th Ave, Fox Island
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Fox Island Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Workforce Grants & Application Workshop
  Tacoma Community College 6501 S 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466
  10:00 am
• Drop-in Tech Help @ Wheelock
  Wheelock Branch Library 3722 North 26Th, Tacoma, WA 98407
  1:00 pm
• Free Legal Aid Pop-Ups
  Wheelock Branch Library 3722 North 26Th, Tacoma, WA 98407
  2:00 pm
• Student Senate Meeting
  Tacoma Community College 6501 S 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466
  3:30 pm
• Family Chess Club
  Wheelock Branch Library 3722 North 26Th, Tacoma, WA 98407
  4:00 pm
• CJH FB @ Klahowya MS
  Curtis Junior High School Tacoma, WA 98466
  4:00 pm
• CJH XC @ Ridgetop MS
  Curtis Junior High School Tacoma, WA 98466
  4:00 pm
• COM - VES / Field - KPLL
  Vaughn Elementary School VES - Field
  5:00 pm
• COM - PHS/ Upper Grass Field - Special Olympics - Soccer
  Peninsula High School PHS - Upper Grass Soccer Field
  5:00 pm
• Crafting with Remakery--Crochet a Ball
  Swasey Branch Library 7001 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406
  5:00 pm
• COM - EES / Field - KPLL
  Evergreen Elementary EES - Field
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Cook/Production in Gig Harbor. Apply here.
• Premium Retail Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Merchandiser in Tacoma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fox Island here.

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🗞 Nearby News

University Place

• Mason Health Welcomes Candice Osmundson As Mason Clinic Specialty Care Manager (thurstontalk.com)

Steilacoom

• DUI suspect appeared unconscious before crashing into embankment near docked Washington state ferries (oregonlive.com)
• Vote now for The News Tribune's Soccer Athlete of the Week (May 4 to 9) (thenewstribune.com)

Gig Harbor

• Wooden boats, beer and cider, and more (gigharbornow.org)
• Here's how some of those bills in Olympia will affect life in Gig Harbor (gigharbornow.org)
• Kin & Pebble Jewelry Brand Revamps Buyer Experience for 2026 (giftsanddec.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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