🌱 FT: Careers in Ed to Centralia College and 11 more events

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

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 53 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: Remaining cloudy, temps: high: 58, low: 43.
• Saturday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 53 and low of 45 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• FT: Careers in Ed to Centralia College
  Centralia College , 600 Centralia College Blvd , Centralia
  8:15 am
• Basic Computer Skills
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  12:00 pm
• Winter Choir Concert
  Washington High School Theater
  5:00 pm
• Annie Eastwood & Friends Featuring Beth Wulff at Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill, Ballard/Seattle 
  Bad Albert’s , 5100 Ballard Avenue Northwest , Seattle
  6:00 pm
• Pe Ell Girls JV Basketball @ Rainier
  Rainier High School , 308 2nd St SE , Rainier
  7:00 pm
• Bonney Lake vs Spanaway Lake
  Spanaway Lake High School , 1305 168th St E , Spanaway
  7:00 pm
• Thursdays Red Dog Saloon Jams, Maple Valley, with host Billy Shew
  Red Dog Saloon , 18605 Renton-Maple Valley Rd , Maple Valley
  7:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Play to Learn
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  10:00 am
• Free Legal Aid Pop-Ups
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  2:00 pm
• Friday Night Flicks
  Du Pont Community Center , 303 Barksdale Ave , DuPont
  6:00 pm
• Rochester Girls Varsity Basketball @ Rainier
  Rainier High School , 308 2nd St SE , Rainier
  7:00 pm
• Michele D'Amour and the Love Dealers at Third Place Commons, Lake Forrest Park
  Third Place Commons , 17171 Bothell Way NE , Lake Forest Park
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Collision on SR 509 NB at MP 3.99 near Taylor Way has been cleared.
  4:26AM on Dec 9: Collision on SR 509 NB at MP 3.99 near Taylor Way begins at 4:24 am on Dec. 9, 2025, with the ramp from Taylor Way to SR 509 N… (Nextdoor )

• The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for School Counselor in Lakewood. Apply here.
• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 00313, LAKEWOOD TOWNE CENTER in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Roy here.

🗞 Nearby News

Spanaway

• Would-be burglar gets stuck in fence outside Spanaway home (kiro7.com)
• Tech issues close popular Fantasy Lights display for now. Here's what we know (thenewstribune.com)
• Pierce County drug raids uncover illegal cannabis operation, over 2,000 plants (thenewstribune.com)

Lakewood

• The Lakewood restaurant that specializes in a singular Korean soup (thenewstribune.com)
• Newly renovated 38-acre Pierce County park reopens with dog park, bike trails (thenewstribune.com)

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