🌱 Patch AM: Geiger Building Tour for Prospective Families and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Geiger Building Tour for Prospective Families at Geiger Montessori

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 45 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Sun and areas of high clouds, temps: high: 45, low: 30.
• Thursday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 43 and low of 41 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in University Place

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Monday January 5

• Geiger Building Tour for Prospective Families
  Geiger Montessori , 7401 South 8th Street , Tacoma
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Baby Storytime
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  1:00 pm
• Up and Atom: Marble Maze
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  3:30 pm
• Up and Atom
  Tacoma Public Library Kobetich Branch , 212 Browns Point Blvd NE , Tacoma
  4:00 pm
• Up and Atom: STEAM into 2026
  Tacoma Public Library Kobetich Branch , 212 Browns Point Blvd NE , Tacoma
  4:00 pm
• Teen Time: Manga Club
  Moore Branch Library , 215 South 56th Street , Tacoma
  4:00 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
• COM - PHS / Mat Room - GH Grizzlies Wrestling
  PHS - Mat Room
  6:00 pm
• Drop-in Tech Help @ Mottet
  Mottet Branch Library , 3523 East G Street , Tacoma
  6:00 pm
• Books on Tap
  Swasey Branch Library , 7001 Sixth Avenue , Tacoma
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• New Year's Eve Holiday - Chamber Office Closed
  Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber , 950 Pacific Ave # 300 , Tacoma

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• [edit: FOUND, thanks Tina!
  ] Live near 36th and Grandview. Found a really sweet cat outside our back door this morning. Has a yellow collar with a bell. Really heavy breathing… (Nextdoor University Place West)
• My female parakeet’s mate passed away yesterday.
  She is alone for the first time, and I feel sorry for her. Would anyone like to add her to their flock? (Nextdoor University Place West)

• CHIPOTLE posted a job opening for Crew Member in University Place. Apply here.
• OSL Retail Services Corporation posted a job opening for Wireless Retail Sales Associate - W3537 in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near University Place here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lakewood

• Ultra Weekend Recap — December 28, 2025 (ultrarunning.com)

Tacoma

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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