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5 Things, Mar. 21: Parks, Games, Sun, Gallery, Mounties

It's Mar. 21, 2012, and here are 5 Things To Know Today.

Parks: We're in the third full day of voting for your favorite park or playground in Johnston β€” click here to take the poll and offer your comments.

Games: If you have a teenager, you've been hearing about the upcoming release of The Hunger Games movie β€” and Marian J. Mohr Library, 1 Memorial Ave., is throwing a pre-movie release party tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. Click here to order tickets to The Hunger Games movie through Moviefone.com

Sun: Tell us when you get bored of this β€” the JohnstonPatch WeatherBug forecast calls for fog burning off during the morning giving way to sunny skies and high temps in the mid-70s. Possible high of 80 on Thursday.

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Gallery: Our latest submission to the is a shot of the 12-year-old travel basketball team, who took second place in the recent George Hagan tournament. Click here to check out the photo and add your own.

Mounties: On this date last year, our PatchCast featured the Mount St. Charles victory in the state hockey tournament. This year, however, was not as kind to the Mounties β€” Bishop Hendricken took the title.

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