🌱 School Board Meeting and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• School Board Meeting at Industrial Design Engineering and Art
• Play to Learn at Fern Hill Branch Library

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with a few showers, with a high of 61 and low of 48 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy with a passing shower, temps: high: 62, low: 46.
• Friday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Parkland

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Thursday May 14

• School Board Meeting
  Industrial Design Engineering and Art Professional Development Center, 6501 N 23rd St Tacoma, WA 98406
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Play to Learn
  Fern Hill Branch Library 765 South 84th Street, Tacoma, WA 98444
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• East Pierce County Business Roundtable
  Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce 323 N Meridian Suite A Puyallup, WA 98371
  9:00 am
• Community Compass
  Mottet Branch Library 3523 East G Street, Tacoma, WA 98404
  12:00 pm
• Pokémon League
  Fern Hill Branch Library 765 South 84th Street, Tacoma, WA 98444
  4:00 pm
• Up and Atom: DIY Geodes
  Moore Branch Library 215 South 56th Street, Tacoma, WA 98408
  4:00 pm
• Family Storytime
  Mottet Branch Library 3523 East G Street, Tacoma, WA 98404
  6:00 pm
• Mike Jop Funky Jazz Wednesdays at the Spar
  South Sound Blues Association The Spar, 2121 N 30th St, Tacoma, WA, 98403
  7:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Sunbanks Blues, Roots, Americana festival
  South Sound Blues Association Sunbanks Resort, 57662 Hwy 155 N, Electric City, WA, 99123
• Lake Chelan Wine and Jazz Festival →
  South Sound Blues Association WA
• AIE Health Day
  Steilacoom High School Eagle's Nest-Multipurpose
  8:30 am
• Wake Up at Wave Lending Group →
  Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce Wave Lending Group
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Spanaway

• In a long line of teriyaki restaurants, new Tacoma restaurant is a step above (thenewstribune.com)

Lakewood

• Lakewood hotel elevator encounter leads to child luring charge (king5.com)
• Pramila Jayapal Files For Re Election From Washington's 7th District (indiawest.com)
• Lynden and Burlington-Edison advance to district softball title game, Tuesday night, May 12 (cascadiadaily.com)

Tacoma

• Case #: PUY-CV-PO-2026-0068- Protection Order (tacomadailyindex.com)
• ICE responds to WA's legal request over inspections at Tacoma facility (fox13seattle.com)

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