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🌱 Patch AM: Geiger Building Tour for Prospective Families and 11 more events
Also, don't miss COM - PHS / Pool - Narrows Aquatics on the University Place Patch calendar

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- Monday: A brief morning shower or two, with a high of 47 and low of 38 degrees.
- Tuesday: Breezy with rain at times, temps: high: 44, low: 36.
- Wednesday: A little rain, with a high of 43 and low of 37 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Geiger Building Tour for Prospective Families
Geiger Montessori , 7401 South 8th Street , Tacoma
10:00 am - COM - PHS / Pool - Narrows Aquatics
PHS - Pool
5:30 pm - COM - PHS / RA - HSC
PHS Roy Anderson Field
6:00 pm - COM - PHS / Mat Room - GH Grizzlies Wrestling
PHS - Mat Room
6:00 pm - PHS- Fastpitch Open Gyms
PHS - Aux Gym
7:30 pm - Baby Storytime
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
1:00 pm - Housing Justice Project
Moore Branch Library , 215 South 56th Street , Tacoma
1:00 pm - Up and Atom: Shocking Science! Exploring Static Electricity
Swasey Branch Library 7001 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406
3:30 pm - Up and Atom: 3Doodler Pens
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
3:30 pm - Site Centered Decision Making (SCDM) Meeting
Grant Center for Expressive Arts Grant CEA Library
3:45 pm - GHHS - AUX BOYS C BASKETBALL GAME vs CK
Gig Harbor High GHH - Auxiliary Gym
4:00 pm - GHHS - MAIN BOYS JV/V BASKETBALL GAME vs CK
Gig Harbor High GHH - Main Gym
4:00 pm
Monday January 5
Tuesday January 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Police activity is causing traffic backups and delays on SR 167 NB at MP 9.64 ramp to 24th St E.
3:52AM on Jan 3: Police activity is causing traffic backups and delays on SR 167 NB at MP 9.64 near 24th St E, with the ramp blocked. (Nextdoor ) - Does anyone have a use for 2- 1 lb propane tanks?
I bought them a little while ago for a camping trip that got cancelled and now I dont have a place to store them. Free (Nextdoor University Place East)
- Ryder System, Inc. posted a job opening for Forklift Operator 1st Shift in Lakewood. Apply here.
- Premium Retail Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Merchandiser in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near University Place here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lakewood
- Police call off alert for two missing children in Western Washington (kiro7.com)
- Lake Stevens, Stanwood, Snohomish win Friday blowouts. (heraldnet.com)
- Federal Judge Orders Prison Sentences in Celebrity Romance Scam (townhall.com)
Tacoma
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