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• How could new license plate rules change policing in Lakewood?

Also on today's calendar: Festival of New Voices 2025 – Lakewood Playhouse.

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 52 and low of 34 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 50, low: 43.
• Sunday: Occasional rain and drizzle, with a high of 53 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• WA lawmaker proposes new rules for license plate reading cameras (fox13seattle.com) — Lakewood residents are hearing from their own police chief as he defends license plate reader cameras that he says helped cut serious crime and even rescue a trafficked teen. A new bipartisan bill in Olympia would sharply limit how police statewide, including in Lakewood, can store and share that camera data, setting strict deletion deadlines and banning use for immigration enforcement.
   

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Saturday January 10

• Ghibli Fest
  Lakewood Pierce County Library, 10202 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Festival of New Voices 2025 – Lakewood Playhouse
  Lakewood Playhouse , 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd SW , Lakewood
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 9

• Play to Learn
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  10:00 am
• Story Time for Babies
  Dupont Pierce County Library , 1540 Wilmington Dr , DuPont
  10:30 am
• Big Jay Oakerson
  Tacoma Comedy Club , 933 Market St , Tacoma
  7:00 pm
• Band of Friends @ Tacoma Amvets
  Amvets Post 1 Tacoma , 5717 S Tyler St , Tacoma
  8:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Learn Reiki (First Degree)
  The Spa at WisdomU , 4103 Bridgeport Way W , University Place
  10:00 am

Sunday January 11

• Comics Under the Influence
  Tacoma Comedy Club - 6th and Proctor , 3829 6th Ave , Tacoma
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Baby Storytime
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  1:00 pm
• Up and Atom: Wander the Solar System
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  3:30 pm
• Drop-In Tech Help @Fern Hill
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  6:00 pm
• Family Storytime
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone know if there are any places that you can bring stray animals (a cat more specifically) to that will check them out and make sure there isn't anything wrong with them for free??
  We have a cat that refuses to leave our porch and all he does is meow at us and rub all over us and when we try to feed him, he won't eat or drink at… (Nextdoor Tillicum)
• Hi Neighbors,
  I just got a scam email that reads its from Microsoft but it's not. The email had enough Microsoft pointers to make my email server think it is from… (Nextdoor Tillicum)

• Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Lakewood. Apply here.
• City of Lakewood Washington posted a job opening for Payroll Technician in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lakewood here.

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• Patient at WA's Western State Hospital dies at construction site (fox13seattle.com)
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