Five Things: School Budget Approval Tonight

1. TODAY'S FORECAST: Mostly cloudy skies are expected today with a high of 52. Showers could come late with a low of 47.

2. SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET: A proposed budget approval will take place tonight, as well as an approval of the strategic plan and a decision on WHS/Middle School fields.

3. TOY DRIVE AT ARTISTIC CREATIONS: A new, unwrapped toy drive is taking place at Artistic Creations until Dec. 16. The salon is open from 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. today through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: President George H. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia, a war-torn East African nation where rival warlords were preventing the distribution of humanitarian aid to thousands of starving Somalis. In a military mission he described as "God's work," Bush said that America must act to save more than a million Somali lives, but reassured Americans that "this operation is not open-ended" and that "we will not stay one day longer than is absolutely necessary." Unfortunately, America's humanitarian troops became embroiled in Somalia's political conflict, and the controversial mission stretched on for 15 months before being abruptly called off by President Bill Clinton in 1993.

5. TRANSFER STATION HOURS DISCUSSION GETS MOVED: Selectmen moved a discussion on Transfer Station hours to Dec. 17. It was originally scheduled for Dec. 6.