5 Things: Wear Purple to Promote Peace Today

1. FORECAST:

Thursday: Becoming mostly sunny. Milder! Mid to upper 70s.

Friday: More sunshine. Not quite as warm with inland temps near 70 & coastal temps in the low 60s.

Saturday: Mainly sunny skies. Highs near 70 inland....low 60s along the coast.

2. ACTON REC PROGRAMS: Acton Recreation is pleased to offer its Spring Summer Program featuring NARA Beach Membership, NARA Summer Camp, Red Cross Swim Lessons, Tennis and more. Easy online registration makes it simple to enroll in the programs. Feel free to contact the office if you have any questions or want further details.

3. CHILD SAFETY IN THE HOME: The Sunny Hill Preschool Parent Organzation invites you to join them for an evening discussion about child safety. Registered nurse Anne Ferrari-Greenberg, the owner of CPR Services, will be speaking at Sunny Hill Preschool today at 7:30pm. 

Anne is currently a school nurse and health consultant for over 30 schools and preschools in the Metrowest area. She offers courses in First Aid and CPR training and certification. Topics to be discussed include poisons, wounds, bleeding, burns, fractures and bug/tick bites. We encourage you to attend so you can be prepared for these emergency situations.  

The event is free and light refreshments will be served. RSVP to the Sunny Hill Office at 978-443-2627.

4. HOLIDAYS HELD TODAY: Today is Wear Purple for Peace Day. We found this day to be a stellar event. It seems some of you out there fear that aliens from outer space consider earthlings to be too hostile (you've got that right). As a result, they have yet to visit or make contact with us. So, some of you (originators unknown) decided to promote world peace by establishing Wear Purple for Peace Day. The goal of Wear Purple for Peace Day is to make the world a peaceful place and, of course, encourage alien species to make contact with earth.   

5. THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

• 1770 — Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.
• 1868 — The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
• 1929 — The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
• 1946 — The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
• 1975 — Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
• 1991 — Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
• 1997 — President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.