🌱 Fall Festival/Fundraiser and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Pacific Lutheran University: University Jazz Ensemble- Miles Davis Centennial at Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
• Homecoming Game vs Eatonville at Franklin Pierce High School
• Fall Festival/Fundraiser at 17513 8th Ave Ct S, Spanaway, WA, 98387

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 65 and low of 36 degrees.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 47.
• Wednesday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 44 degrees.

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 19

• Pacific Lutheran University: University Jazz Ensemble- Miles Davis Centennial →
  Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 12180 Park Avenue S, Parkland
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 15

• Homecoming Game vs Eatonville
  Franklin Pierce High School Tacoma, WA 98444
  7:00 pm

Saturday October 24

• Fall Festival/Fundraiser →
  17513 8th Ave Ct S, Spanaway, WA, 98387
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday October 13

• Latine/x Heritage Month Scavenger Hunt
  Mottet Branch Library, 3523 East G Street, Tacoma
  12:00 pm
• Next Chapter: Moore Movies
  Moore Branch Library, 215 South 56th Street, Tacoma
  4:00 pm
• Drop-in Tech Help @ Mottet
  Mottet Branch Library, 3523 East G Street, Tacoma
  5:00 pm
• Learn Stage Sword Basics
  Moore Branch Library, 215 South 56th Street, Tacoma
  6:00 pm

Wednesday October 14

• AIE Schilter's Pumpkin Patch
  Schilter Family Farm
  8:00 am
• Social Work Support with Samie
  Moore Branch Library, 215 South 56th Street, Tacoma
  1:30 pm
• Up and Atom: Chocolate Recipe
  Moore Branch Library, 215 South 56th Street, Tacoma
  4:00 pm
• Family Storytime
  Mottet Branch Library, 3523 East G Street, Tacoma
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 15

• Baby Storytime
  Moore Branch Library, 215 South 56th Street, Tacoma
  10:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Spanaway

• USA Boxing Youth High Performance Team Set for 2026 World Boxing U19 Championships (usaboxing.org)

Lakewood

• They were the nameless dead of this Lakewood park. After today, no longer (thenewstribune.com)
• High school football roundup: Mount Tahoma tops Lincoln, Silas downs Bellarmine (thenewstribune.com)
• Raising Cane's is headed to Lakewood, steps from Chick-fil-A. Construction could start this month (kiro7.com)

Tacoma

• Café Yumm coming to Tacoma, Proctor pizzeria closes, more food and biz news (thenewstribune.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it’s too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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