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Five Things for Tuesday: Clearing, Contest, Greetings, Free Pizza
Check in with your daily dose of Johnston area information, including news, weather and Patch contests!
- Wednesday: Chance of snow. Clearing later. Highs in the 40s.
- Wednesday night: Mostly clear and colder. Lows in the 20s.
- Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the 40s.
Contest: It's time for the Patch "Deck the House" Contest, where the winner could snag a cool $100,000 for their local school district, plus $500 to help with the electrical bill. Click here for more info.
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Greetings: Yesterday, JohnstonPatch posted a holiday greetings video from Lt. Col. Bill Courtemanche of the USAF. If you've got a friend or family member serving overseas, be sure they send videos to joseph.hutnak@patch.com — and if you want to make a video and post it, let me know!
Free Pizza: Looking for a little extra motivation for your kids to get good grades? Paul's Pizza in Cumberland is offering a free small pizza for students who hold a "B" average in all of their classes. The end of the second quarter is only two months away, you know...
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Celebrity Birthdays:
- Jon Stewart, 50: Host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
- Paul Shaffer, 63: Leader of the "CBS Orchestra" for Dave Letterman.
- S. Epatha Merkerson, 60: Played Anita Van Buren on "Law and Order."
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