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🌱 Daily 15 Minute Movement Break - Yoga and Fitness and 11 more events
Coming up: Baby Storytime on the Lawn on the Fox Island Patch calendar
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Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 72 and low of 56 degrees.
- Friday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 71, low: 54.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Daily 15 Minute Movement Break - Yoga and Fitness
University of Washington Tacoma 1900 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402
11:00 am - Baby Storytime on the Lawn
Kobetich Branch Library 212 Browns Point Boulevard NE, Tacoma, WA 98422
11:15 am - Baby Storytime
Wheelock Branch Library 3722 North 26Th, Tacoma, WA 98407
11:30 am - Summer AI Community of Practice
University of Washington Tacoma 1900 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402
12:30 pm - Up and Atom: Balance in Motion!
Wheelock Branch Library 3722 North 26Th, Tacoma, WA 98407
3:30 pm - Up and Atom: DIY Thaumatropes
Kobetich Branch Library 212 Browns Point Boulevard NE, Tacoma, WA 98422
3:30 pm - AES - Meet & Greet
Artondale Elementary School Artondale Elementary
4:30 pm - COM - PHS / Fastpitch Field - HSC
Peninsula High School PHS - Fastpitch Field
5:00 pm - COM - PHS / RA - SSA
Peninsula High School PHS Roy Anderson Field
5:00 pm - COM - MES / Field - HSC
Minter Creek Elementary MES - Field
5:00 pm - West Side Wakeup
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber Boathouse 19 9001 S 19th Street Tacoma, WA 98466
8:30 am - Social Work Support with Samie
Tacoma Public Library- Main Branch 1102 Tacoma Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98402
10:00 am
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
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💬 Chatter
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- TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Merchandise Coordinator in University Place. Apply here.
- YMCA of Greater Kansas City posted a job opening for Summer Day Camp Counselor in Gig Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fox Island here.
🗞 Nearby News
University Place
- Smoke from fires in Cascades causes unhealthy air quality in East Pierce County (thenewstribune.com)
- 137937 NPP0487996 File No: 26-02255WA NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Pursuant to RCW 61.24 et seq. Grantor(s) of Deed of Trust TONY R. MITCHELL AND CHRISTOPHER EASTMAN Current Beneficiary Lakeview Loan Serv (chronline.com)
Gig Harbor
- Luxury developments will add 30 homes to Gig Harbor area. Construction underway (thenewstribune.com)
- Settlement opens door for Rush to pursue smaller development in Purdy (gigharbornow.org)
- Gig Harbor councilman's email locked after phishing attempt (thenewstribune.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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