Community Corner
🌱 Workforce Grants & Application Workshop and 11 more events
Spotted on the Fox Island calendar: COM - DES / Front field - HSC
Hey there, Fox Island! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Hazy sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: Clouds breaking; not as warm, temps: high: 74, low: 56.
- Thursday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Workforce Grants & Application Workshop
Tacoma Community College 6501 S 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466
2:00 pm - COM - DES / Front field - HSC
Discovery Elementary School DES - Field - Front
5:00 pm - COM - HHTS / Field - HSC
Harbor Heights Elementary School HHE - Field
5:00 pm - COM - VGE / Field - HSC
Voyager Elementary VGE - Field
5:00 pm - COM - GMS / Lower Field - HSC
Goodman Middle School GMS - Lower Field
5:00 pm - COM - ART / Field - HSC
Artondale Elementary School AES - Field
5:00 pm - COM - GHHS / Field #1 - PYF
Gig Harbor High GHH - Turf Soccer Field # 1
6:00 pm - COM - Kopa / Lower Field - PYF Cheer
Kopachuck Middle School KMS - Lower Field Track/Soccer
6:00 pm - GHHS - POOL - H20 POLO CONDITIONING
Gig Harbor High GHH - Swim Pool
6:15 pm - GHHS- TENNIS COURTS - OPEN COURT TRAINING -
Gig Harbor High GHH - Tennis Courts
6:30 pm - GHHS - POOL - SWIM AND WP CONDITIONING
Gig Harbor High GHH - Swim Pool
8:00 am - GHHS - MAT ROOM - WRESTLING SUMMER WORKOUTS
Gig Harbor High GHH - Mat Room
8:00 am
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Merchandising Specialist in Gig Harbor. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
University Place
- There's a big dead whale in the Port of Tacoma. Here's what we know (thenewstribune.com)
- As Pierce County city mulls data center ban, where are the facilities allowed? (thenewstribune.com)
- UT Arlington Men's Golf sets 2026-27 schedule (utamavs.com)
Gig Harbor
- Pinning down the location of Native artifacts, remains found in Artena (gigharbornow.org)
- The Salish Sea is the place to be for orcas this summer. What's behind this trend? (opb.org)
- Will owners demolish 126-year-old home near Pierce County waterfront? (thenewstribune.com)
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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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