🌱 STEAM Night at the Children's Museum at JBLM and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Monarch Diaper Bank at the Children's Museum at JBLM at Children’s Museum at JBLM
• STEAM Night at the Children's Museum at JBLM at Children’s Museum at JBLM

Today's riddle: Why can't dogs make MRI's? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.
• Saturday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 66, low: 41.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 62 and low of 44 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Fort Lewis

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17

• Monarch Diaper Bank at the Children's Museum at JBLM →
  Children’s Museum at JBLM, 2275 Liggett Ave, Joint Base Lewis-McChord
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 23

• STEAM Night at the Children's Museum at JBLM →
  Children’s Museum at JBLM, 2275 Liggett Ave, Joint Base Lewis-McChord
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 16

• Story Time for Babies at DuPont Library →
  DuPont WA
  10:30 am
• St. Frances Cabrini Walk-a-Thon Glow Day →
  Lakewood WA
  12:00 pm
• Wagner House Art Series Presents: Lakewold upclose with Brianna Phoenix →
  Lakewold Gardens, 12317 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood
  5:00 pm
• Halloween Hullabaloo →
  2301 Worthington St, Steilacoom
  6:00 pm
• DuPont & Steilacoom Halloween Hullabaloo 2026 →
  Steilacoom Community Center, 2301 Worthington St, Steilacoom
  6:00 pm
• The Docent →
  Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd, Lakewood
  7:30 pm

Saturday October 17

• Fall Cleanup →
  DuPont WA
  8:00 am
• Art for Kids School - Art Classes Ages 5-8 →
  303 Barksdale Ave, DuPont
  9:30 am
• Art for Kids School - Art Classes Ages 8-12 →
  303 Barksdale Ave, DuPont
  10:45 am
• Lakewood Truck & Tractor Day 2026: Family Fall Fun & Pumpkin Slingshot →
  Pavilion at Fort Steilacoom Park, 9107 Angle Ln SW, Lakewood
  12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

DuPont

• Simulation to street: How Madigan training prepared a soldier to save lives on I-5 (health.mil)

Steilacoom

• Letters for Wednesday, Oct. 14 (spokesman.com)

Lakewood

• Bruno's European Restaurant in Lakewood closing this weekend (thenewstribune.com)
• Tacoma police arrest man for arson in fire at ex-NFL player's rental house (thenewstribune.com)
• Seahawks sports roundup, Oct. 14 (tri-cityherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why can't dogs make MRI's?" — Because catscan! (Thank you Bob F. for sending it in!)
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