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🌱 Patch AM: What the $4.85 million car wash sale means for Gig Harbor

Also check out Let's Beat Breast Cancer Rally on the Gig Harbor Patch calendar

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Saturday September 19th Patch AM (Alix B.)

Hello again Gig Harbor! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What the $4.85 million car wash sale means for Gig Harbor
  • Have you tried Gig Harbor's Elvis waffle stack yet?
  • How Gig Harbor volleyball powered through a tight match to sweep Capital

Also on today's calendar: Let's Beat Breast Cancer Rally and 9 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Alix B.!

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 72 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 49.
  • Monday: Low clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Another Elephant Car Wash changes hands as Gig Harbor location sells for $4.85 million (kiro7.com) — A well-known Gig Harbor car wash has new owners after Classy Chassis bought the Elephant Car Wash property on 56th Street for $4.85 million, making it the company's second location in town. The buyer says it wants to build on the brand's legacy and sees Gig Harbor's connected, commuter-heavy community as a key market within Pierce County's growing car-wash competition.
   

• Where do you find the best waffles in and around Tacoma? Vote now (thenewstribune.com) — Gig Harbor's Table 47 gets a shout-out in a regional waffle roundup, with weekend brunch offerings like an Elvis waffle stack, berry waffles, and chicken and waffles. The broader guide invites readers to vote for their favorite waffle spots around Tacoma, but gives locals a clear nearby option right on Point Fosdick Drive.
   

• Capital drops third straight league game, swept by Gig Harbor (thurstonchronicle.com) — Gig Harbor High's volleyball team swept Capital on the road, winning in straight sets and handing Capital its third early Puget Sound League loss. The Tides edged out two tight 25-23 sets before dominating the third 25-8, while Capital's coach pointed to uncharacteristic errors rather than anything special from Gig Harbor.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Found a female Pit Bull Mix this morning running down 36th St.
    in Gig Harbor near the Store-It storage warehouse around 6am. She had big blue eyes, black and white coat. We picked her up. She had a blue or… (Nextdoor Uptown)
  • Hi Gig Harbor neighbors!
    Any recommendations for an EXTERIOR PAINTER for our 1900 historic waterfront home with new tongue and groove hardi-plank? Thank you! Have a great… (Nextdoor North Creek)
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Meat Wrapper / Sanitation in Gig Harbor. Apply here.
  • TJX posted a job opening for Early Morning Merchandiser in Gig Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gig Harbor here.

🗞 Nearby News

University Place

  • Mass fight in University Place prompts more police patrols (thenewstribune.com)
  • Polka, brats and beer. Here's how to celebrate Oktoberfest around Pierce Co. (thenewstribune.com)
  • 3 Tacoma-area teens suspected of starting deadly wildfire in Eastern Washington (thenewstribune.com)

Tacoma

  • Senior Immunology Sales Specialist, Rheumatology (Seattle South, WA, Tacoma, WA, and Portland, OR) – Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (jnj.com)
  • Tacoma Humane has a new leader after four-month search. What we know (thenewstribune.com)
  • Wyld Packaging Support in Tacoma, WA (mlive.com)

Ok Gig Harbor! 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: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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