She Blinded Me With Science Cafe

Blue skies, leaves on the trees. It's amazing what a little sunshine does for the disposition. Even on a Wednesday.

For some reason when I see blue skies I still think of "Blue skies! Barthy burgers! Girls!" from "You Can't Do That on Television" on Nickelodeon. Warped, I know.

(It's amazing what sticks with you from childhood. They do not make TV like this anymore. Any other children of the '80s out there who can back me up on this?)

Anyway, it's too nice out to sit in here and watch television (as my mother would say as she switched off the cable box and pushed us out the door). On with the "D'ah, I heard that!" edition of "The Rundown":

• Rockville's 22nd annual Science Day is set for Sunday. Rocket launching, robot building, reptiles and a visit from Albert Einstein are part of more than 50 exhibits . Cue Thomas Dolby.
• There's after Science Day—monthly opportunities in fact. meets at 7 p.m. on April 19 and features Robert Fireovid of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service giving "The Real Skinny on Bioenergy Research." Another draw? The Science Cafe meets at , home of some real fine barbecue.
• Yesterday we brought you a report on . Today, school planners continue their tour to discuss ways to relieve overcrowding in the Richard Montgomery cluster schools with a meeting on the feasibility of building a new elementary school in the cluster at 4 p.m. at .
• Rockville youth performance troupe The Finest!  holds auditions for its Dizcovery Kidz! Troupe at 6:30 p.m. today at Elwood Smith Community Center. The group of actors, dancers and steppers performs plays and appears in parades and community events around Rockville. On Friday, The Finest!'s IMPACT Troupe presents its Spring Break Teen Jam from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Elwood Smith Community Center.
• County budget hearings are going on throughout the week in the third floor hearing room of the  in Town Center. The council will hold hearings the second and third of its hearings on  at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. About 30 speakers are scheduled to speak at the afternoon hearing and 40 are scheduled to speak at the evening hearing. The hearings will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (channel 6 on Comcast and RCN and channel 30 on Verizon) and also will be available via streaming through the County Web site at www.montgomerycountymd.gov. The final two hearings will be held on at 1:30 and 7 p.m. on Thursday.
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