Community Corner
🌱 Workforce Grants & Application Workshop and 11 more events
And check out COM - GMS / Lower Field - HSC on the Fox Island Patch calendar
Morning Fox Island! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.
- Wednesday: Low clouds breaking, temps: high: 75, low: 56.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 57 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Workforce Grants & Application Workshop
Tacoma Community College 6501 S 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466
2:00 pm - COM - GMS / Lower Field - HSC
Goodman Middle School GMS - Lower Field
5:00 pm - COM - GHHS / Baseball Field - HSC
Gig Harbor High GHH - Baseball Field
5:00 pm - COM - HHTS / Field - HSC
Harbor Heights Elementary School HHE - Field
5:00 pm - COM - VGE / Field - HSC
Voyager Elementary VGE - Field
5:00 pm - COM - ART / Field - HSC
Artondale Elementary School AES - Field
5:00 pm - COM - DES / Front & Back fields - HSC
Discovery Elementary School DES - Field - Back, DES - Field - Front
5:00 pm - COM - Kopa / Lower Field - PYF Cheer
Kopachuck Middle School KMS - Lower Field Track/Soccer
6:00 pm - COM - GHHS / Field #2 - PYF
Gig Harbor High GHH - Turf Fastpitch Field # 2
6:00 pm - GHHS - POOL - H20 POLO CONDITIONING
Gig Harbor High GHH - Swim Pool
6:15 pm - GHHS- TENNIS COURTS - OPEN COURT TRAINING -
Gig Harbor High GHH - Tennis Courts
6:30 pm - PSD - GHHS / Main & Aux Gym Floor Refinishing
Gig Harbor High GHH - Auxiliary Gym, GHH - Main Gym
6:00 am
Tuesday August 18
Wednesday August 19
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- footprint Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Merchandiser in Gig Harbor. Apply here.
- Big 5 Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Assistant Manager Trainee- Part Time in Gig Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fox Island here.
🗞 Nearby News
University Place
- Outdoor flames banned in Tacoma after fire department issues Stage 2 burn ban (thenewstribune.com)
- Pacific Sage Partners LLC Takes $1.56 Million Position in Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. $SFBC (marketbeat.com)
Steilacoom
- CPTC Flett Property Habitat Stewardship – Saturday, August 22nd (pierceprairiepost.com)
Gig Harbor
- Event on Aug. 22 celebrates 150 years of the Gig Harbor fishing fleet (gigharbornow.org)
- Gig Harbor High School girls (gigharbornow.org)
- Rolling closure starts for major Gig Harbor road project with new roundabout (thenewstribune.com)
Ok Fox Island! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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