Over a Barrel, Art Exhibit Reception, Recent Dundalk-Area Death Notices

1. The Weather: The daytime temperatures will get decided chillier for the rest of the week, according to the National Weather Service. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of about 55. Winds from the west will be nine to 15 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 26 mph. 

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of about 40. Brrr!

2. From history.com's This Day in History: "On this day in 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 

"After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born Taylor moved all over the U. S. before settling in Bay City, Michigan, around 1898. In July 1901, while reading an article about the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, she learned of the growing popularity of two enormous waterfalls located on the border of upstate New York and Canada. Strapped for cash and seeking fame, Taylor came up with the perfect attention-getting stunt: She would go over Niagara Falls in a barrel."

3. "Swami" is available for adoption at the Baltimore County Animal Shelter in Baldwin.

4. A reception for the "They Told Me I Could Not Draw" art exhibit at the Gallery at CCBC Dundalk will be held at 6 p.m. today.

5. Here's a list of recent death notices as posted on the Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk's website.