5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 7

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations.

1. A blood drive will be held at 9 a.m. at Grafton Job Corps, 100 Pine St.

2.  The second annual yard sale will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the library, 6 Prentice St.

3. The living history re-enactment will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at , 56 Millbury St.

4.   Desmond Tutu turns 80 today, while rocker John Mellancamp will blow out 60 candles in his Little Pink House.

5. Today’s forecast: Sunny, high 61, low 46. And the weekend looks great.