Five Things to Know Today: September 30

1. Weather: Finally. No rain in the picture. The National Weather Service forecast for our area says today will be partly sunny with a high near 74 degrees.

2. In Case You Missed It: is benefitting from the bad economy.

3. Quote of the Day: "Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." George Eliot.

4. Coming Up: moves to Friday on Lower Macungie Patch. Catch it at 11 a.m.

5. Today in History: On this day in 1955, movie star James Dean died at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway. Dean was driving his Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed "Little Bastard," headed to a car race in Salinas, Calif., with his mechanic Rolf Wuetherich, when they were involved in a head-on collision with a car driven by a 23-year-old college student.