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Five Things: Butterflies, Read for Pizza and Empty Chairs in Ames.

Five things happening in Ames today and some other things people might want to know.

1) Butterflies

Learn more about the Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Mexico during the 11 a.m. program at McFarland Park.

 

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2) Read for Pizza

The Fall reading program just started. Learn how to read your way to a free pizza here.

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3) Empty Chairs

More than 200 empty chairs will be left empty at the Margaret Sloss Center at in a Domestic Violence display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., symbolizing the more than 200 Iowans lost to domestic violence since 1995.

 

4) Sawyer Open House

School will hold an open house and fall social starting at 6 p.m.

 

5) Weather

The National Weather Service predicts a high in the 80s.


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