1. Weather: Hotter than yesterday, not as hot as tomorrow. The National Weather Service forecast for our area says the mercury will reach a high near 97, with heat index values as high as 104. Please be careful!
2. In Case You Missed It: Lower Macungie Township Commissioners are drafting an ordinance that
"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it." Russell Baker, American journalist
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4. Coming Up: Township residents will be asked to fill out a survey regarding police protection.
5. Today in History: On this day in 1925, Schoolteacher John T. Scopes was convicted of violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution in public schools. The case debated in the so-called "Trial of the Century" was never really in doubt; the jury only conferred for a few moments in the hallway before returning to the courtroom with a guilty verdict. Nevertheless, the supporters of evolution won the public relations battle that was really at stake.
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