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5 Things: Patch Contest, Library Activities and Freeway Assistance

Put away your e-readers and pull out the paperbacks today!

1. The Ramona Jr. Fair continues this week, with livestock weigh-ins today and opening ceremonies. Check out the schedule online. The Ramona Jr. Fair goes through Aug. 4.

2.Things are turning tasty at the Ramona Library today. Two Summer Reading Club programs will be available at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. — Fruit and Veggie Painting and A Taste of Mexico, respectively. Which one will your kiddos attend? 

3. Got a thing for monkeying around? Patch is giving away a family four-pack of tickets to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Click the link above and leave a comment by 6 p.m. PST on Thursday, Aug. 1. to enter!

4. If you haven't heard yet, San Diego offers a Freeway Service Patrol (for those days when you just forgot to fill up or your radiator overheats). Learn more about the free service by clicking the link above.

5. Put away your Kindles and e-readers for 24 hours. Today is Paperback Books Day, an occasion to celebrate the experience of reading non-electronically. Which paperback will you pick up and indulge in?

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