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Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, Centreville Summer Reading Program and the Number of the Day

Plus, the health inspections from Centreville area restaurants.

It’s Thursday, Aug. 29. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: Time is running out for the summer reading program at the Centreville Regional Library. Children must finish reading the books by Saturday to get a prize. 

2. You Said It: “Let the people hunt good meat!” A reader reacting to word that park officials are considering various methods to reduce the deer population at Manassas Battlefield Park. Elaine wrote, “I don't favor giving the deer birth control substances to eat because I think it would just put chemicals in their bodies that shouldn't be eaten by people.”

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3. ICYMI: Restaurant Inspections: Chipotle, Chesterbrook Academy, Childtime Children's Center and KFC

4. Number of the Day: $29 million. That’s how much the City of Fredericksburg would expect the Haggerstown Suns to invest in a new stadium if the ballclub relocates its Washington Nationals franchise. The proposal will now work its way through the City Council approval process.

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5.Today…in History: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast. The storm and related flooding killed more than 1,800 people. Forecasters expect an above-average hurricane season for 2013, but not to the level of 2005.



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