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5 Things to Know Today: Wednesday, March 14

We found a way you can help the Make-A-Wish Foundation and a reason to eat pie today.

1) Time to start remembering your sunscreen. Expect patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 82, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight's temps should drop to around 62.

2) The lowest reported gas price in Dunedin is $3.68 at the , 1001 Broadway, on TampaGasPrices.com.

3) Tickets are on sale now for Fairies Inc. 2012, a cirque and dance show at the Conmy Center at on March 31 (7 p.m.) and April 1 (2 p.m.). Children $20, adults $30; $5 of every ticket sale goes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For tickets, call 727-461-0098 or purchase online

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4) Today is National Pi Day! This fun day celebrating the Greek symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (better known in numerical form as 3.14159265.... and so on, and on, and on ...) is observed every year on March 14 (for 3/14). Math enthusiasts may be enticed to eat pie, in which case, we suggest grabbing a slice of J.J. Gandy's Famous Pie at any of the following Dunedin locations: , The Sand Bar, , , , or .

5) On Saturday, you are invited to join the Friends of Hammock Park in cleaning up invasive ferns and ground cover (8:30 a.m. to noon). You will need to bring your own gloves and weeding tools, according to the website. Plan to meet at the picnic shelters in the main parking lot at . The park is one of the few old coastal Florida preserves still left untouched from development. 

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