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Things to do today and this week:

 

Published: Nov. 12, 2012 at 12:05 a.m. PST
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 • Join the Garden Hour Garden Club to learn about all things gardening. There are plant exchanges, work to help keep the Fire Department garden in bloom and other events. The group meets 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. today and every second Monday at the Edgewood Fire Department, 10105 24th St. E., Puyallup. 253-927-5837.

 • Take in the free South Sound Diabetes Day of Wellness presented by MultiCare from 5-7 tonight. It includes food demos, tastings, and free glucose and blood-pressure screenings and more. It’s being held at UWT - William W. Philip Hall, 1918 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. 800-485-0205, multicare.org/home/calendar/4666.

 • Discover the talents of local student musicians at the Jazz Series: University Jazz Ensemble performance tonight at 8. Head out to Chris Knutzen Hall - Pacific Lutheran University, Park Avenue South and 121st Street South, Parkland. Tickets are $8 general admission, $5 senior citizen (55-plus), $3 alumni, free 18 and younger. 253 535 7787, concert information or plu.edu/~music.

Check out blog.thenewstribune.com/getout for more events or go to calendar.thenewstribune.com for more ideas.

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