🌱 Lunch with Santa at Extreme Fun Center and 11 more events

Good morning Gateway! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Lunch with Santa at Extreme Fun Center at Extreme Fun Center
• Coffee with a Veteran at Black Birch Books at Black Birch Books
• Brunch at Bearpaw River Brewing! at "Big" Bearpaw River Brewing

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny, but very cold, with a high of 10 and low of 2 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Sunny and very cold, temps: high: 16, low: 4.
• Saturday: Sunny, but very cold, with a high of 13 and low of 4 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gateway

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Saturday December 13

• Lunch with Santa at Extreme Fun Center
  Extreme Fun Center , 3501 E Old Matanuska Rd , Wasilla
  10:00 am
• Coffee with a Veteran at Black Birch Books
  Black Birch Books , 2901 E. Bogard Rd #104 , Wasilla
  10:00 am
• Brunch at Bearpaw River Brewing!
  "Big" Bearpaw River Brewing , 240 E. Railroad Ave. , Wasilla
  11:00 am

Monday December 15

• Recycle Sutton
  Sutton Transfer Site , 15625 North Glenn Highway , Sutton-Alpine
  2:00 pm
• AKtive Soles Happy Run
  AKtive Soles Performance Footwear , 642 S. Alaska St. Ste. 100 , Palmer
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• MyHouse "Morning Meeting with the Mayor"
  Gathering Grounds Cafe , 300 N. Willow St. , Wasilla
  9:00 am
• GWCC Holiday Gathering
  Evangelo's Restaurant , 2530 E Parks Hwy. , Wasilla
  11:30 am
• Youth Group
  Sutton Bible Church , 15748 Glenn Hwy , Sutton-Alpine
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Preschool Storytime
  Sutton Public Library , 11301 Chickaloon Way , Sutton
  11:00 am

Friday December 12

• 🎅✨ Ken’s Garden Center’s Christmas Market! ✨🎅
  Ken's Garden Center , 4121 Dimond Way , Wasilla
  10:00 am
• Colony Christmas
  DownTown Palmer , 810 S Colony Way , Palmer
  11:00 am
• Colony Christmas 2025
  DownTown Palmer , 810 S Colony Way , Palmer
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Palmer

• AMVETS hosts wish tree for Palmer veterans home residents (alaskasnewssource.com)
• What the Palmer winds wrought (frontiersman.com)
• As Mat-Su grows, borough officials look to update Government Peak plan – and they need your help (matsusentinel.com)

Wasilla

• Mat-Su issues disaster declaration as hundreds of residents remain in the dark after windstorm (matsusentinel.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I could get canned for this!
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