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🌱 How a Sumner firm profited from a discounted Seattle apartment sale.
And on the Sumner Patch calendar - ASB & WEB Training
Good morning Sumner! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Sumner firm profited from a discounted Seattle apartment sale.
Today's riddle: Where is the worst place to hide in a hospital ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Hazy sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 57 degrees.
- Friday: Partial sunshine, temps: high: 85, low: 56.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Seattle apartments with World's Fair history trade hands at 55% below average per-unit price (therealdeal.com) — A Sumner-based real estate firm, Investco, has sold a historic 107-unit Seattle apartment building tied to the 1962 World's Fair, cashing out above its 2007 purchase price. The deal highlights how some Sumner companies are navigating Seattle's softer multifamily market, where discounted prices are drawing selective investors. 
📸 Around Sumner
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sumner
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- ASB & WEB Training
Lakeridge Middle School Sumner, WA 98390
4:00 pm - Back-to-School Resource Fair
Sumner School District Sumner Middle School, 1508 Willow St, Sumner, WA 98390, USA
4:00 pm
Tuesday August 18
Thursday August 20
📣 Sumner Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Promotions Meeting
Puyallup Main Street Association 118 W Main, Puyallup, WA 98371
9:00 am - Wake Up at Hampton Inn & Suites Tacoma/Puyallup
Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce Hampton Inn & Suites Tacoma/Puyallup 1515 South Meridian, Puyallup 98371
9:00 am - Young Toddler Story Time
Federal Way Library 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
10:00 am - 33rd Annual Pierce College Scholarship Scramble
Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce Eagle's Pride Golf Course 1529 Mounts Rd SW DuPont, WA, 98327
10:00 am - English Language Learning (ELL) Classes
Federal Way 320th Library 848 South 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003
10:30 am - Intro to the Sound Booth
Federal Way Library 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
11:00 am - Family Story Time
Federal Way Library 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
11:00 am - Drop-In Digital Literacy
Federal Way 320th Library 848 South 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003
12:00 pm - Zine Meetup
Federal Way Library 34200 1st Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003
3:30 pm - Baby Storytime
Federal Way 320th Library 848 South 320th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003
10:00 am
Thursday August 13
Friday August 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- In search of a Nanny full-time long-term, please.
We have two small children. We need someone in our home Monday through Friday 8 AM to 3 PM. We live in East Sumner. Please reach out with serious… (Nextdoor East Sumner) - The energy will be different today here's why: There's a total eclipse today, August 12, 2026, with a path of totality crossing parts of Greenland, western Iceland, northern Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
Max totality lasts up to 2 minutes and 18 seconds, occurring quite low on the horizon near sunset. (Nextdoor South Sumner)
- Service Partners posted a job opening for Production Manager / Gutter Production Manager in Puyallup. Apply here.
- Tradesmen International, LLC posted a job opening for Welder/Fabricator in Bonney Lake. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sumner here.
🗞 Nearby News
Puyallup
- Hiking the Puyallup Loop Trail, Pierce County's best-kept, dog-friendly secret (thenewstribune.com)
- Mike Vorel: Ex-Washington Huskies star Denzel Boston the talk of Browns camp (lancasteronline.com)
- Wildfire smoke to make a brief comeback; South Sound to get haze this week (thenewstribune.com)
Fife
- Lucky gambler turns pocket change into jackpot at Western WA casino. See how much (thenewstribune.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In the ICU (Thank you Donna M. for sending it in!)
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