🌱 Patch AM: Which Curtis volleyball stars just made The News Tribune’s All-Area team?

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• Which Curtis volleyball stars just made The News Tribune’s All-Area team?

Also on today's calendar: Blue Christmas Service - The Longest Night and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Windy with a few showers, with a high of 50 and low of 42 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy with periods of rain, temps: high: 54, low: 41.
• Friday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 46 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• High school volleyball: The News Tribune's 2025 All-Area team (thenewstribune.com) — Standout Curtis High School volleyball players in University Place earned major recognition on The News Tribune’s 2025 All-Area team, including middle blocker Kayla Baker and several Viking teammates. The roundup spotlights top performers from across the South Sound, but Curtis’ run to the 4A state title match puts University Place firmly in the regional volleyball spotlight.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in University Place

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Funny 4 Food OPEN MIC Night!
  Tacoma Comedy Club, 933 Market St, Tacoma
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Blue Christmas Service - The Longest Night
  3912 Grandview Dr W , University Place
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• University Place Book Group
  University Place Pierce County Library , 3609 Market Pl W , University Place
  10:00 am
• Geiger Winter Sing Assembly
  Geiger Montessori Tacoma, WA 98465
  2:30 pm
• Grieving the Loss of a Loved One at Christmas?
  Sunset Bible Church , 7909 40th St W , Tacoma
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Robotics Open House University Place by Takamori Robot
  University Place Pierce County Library , 3609 Market Pl W , University Place
  1:00 pm
• It's Bingo B**** - A Drag Bingo Event!
  Tacoma Comedy Club , 933 Market St , Tacoma
  2:30 pm
• Tom Arnold (18+ Event)
  Tacoma Comedy Club - 6th and Proctor , 3829 6th Ave , Tacoma
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
  3912 Grandview Dr W , University Place
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• FP-Schools Out Camp (December 30) - University Place, WA 2025
  9850 64th St W , University Place
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Savvy Senior
  Du Pont Community Center , 303 Barksdale Ave , DuPont
  1:00 pm
• Snap Circuits in the Wonder Lab
  Tacoma Public Library- Main Branch , 1102 Tacoma Avenue South , Tacoma
  1:30 pm
• Teen Creative Space
  Steilacoom Pierce County Library , 2950 Steilacoom Blvd SW , Steilacoom
  2:00 pm
• Susanne Bacon Reads at the Bair
  The Bair at The Bair Drug & Hardware , 1617 Lafayette St , Steilacoom
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello this is Archie, he hasn’t come home in a couple
  Days now. Hoping someone has seen him or might of taken him in thinking he was a stray. Please keep an eye out or if seen please let me know. (Nextdoor Cirque Dr W)
• Collision cleared on I-5 Northbound at milepost 133.86 near I-705/SR 7 Extension Interchange.
  11:46PM on Dec 14: Collision on I-5 Northbound at MP 133.86 near I-705/SR 7 Extension Interchange begins at 11:43 PM on December 14, 2025, with the… (Nextdoor )

• Walgreens posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate - Temporary in University Place. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in University Place. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near University Place here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lakewood

• Monday's Scores (dailyrecordnews.com)
• Pierce County Boosts Affordable Housing Creation, Leveraging New Maureen Howard Fund (theurbanist.org)

Tacoma

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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