5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 16

The daily 5 has the weather forecast, gas prices, and some suggestions on how to spend your day.

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts mostly sunny skies today, with a high near 62 degrees. Tuesday night there is a chance of showers, with a low around 49 degrees.

2. Dexter Township meeting

The Dexter Township Board of Trustees will meet tonight at the township hall at 7 p.m. For more information, visit http://twp-dexter.org.

3. Raw food diet presentation

Most of our ailments are a direct result of how far we have strayed from living and eating in the ways nature intended for us. Food is not a magic panacea, but it is a very powerful tool for lasting health. What you put into your body every day is either taking you toward health or away from health. Learn more about food tonight at 7 p.m. at the Dexter District Library.

4. Gas prices

MichiganGasPrices.com reports the following gasoline prices in the Dexter area as of Monday night:

• $3.68 a gallon (regular) BP, 200 Baker Rd.
• $3.75 a gallon (regular), Sunoco, 2940 Baker Rd.
• $3.69 a gallon (regular), Pilot Service Station, 195 Baker Rd.
• $3.69 a gallon (regular), Pilot Service Station, 750 Baker Rd.
• $3.75 a gallon (regular), BP, 8135 Main St.
• $3.75 a gallon (regular), Mobil, 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. This day in history

Oct. 16, 1921: On this day, Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. For more historic dates, visit www.history.com.