Morning Update 09/06/2011

What’s Happening Today
• It’s the first day of school for Perkiomen Valley School District students.
• kindergarten boys have school today, and the preschoolers will also begin today.
• The high school teachers . If not, teachers will strike. Regardless of the vote, Catholic high school students, including , are expected to report to school Wednesday.
• Network Plus is holding a at 310 W. Third Avenue in Collegeville at 6 p.m.
• Borough Council and and Townships’ Boards of Supervisors will meet at 7 p.m.
• Perkiomen Valley School Board will hold its work session at 7:30 p.m. in the high school library.

Mark Your Calendars
• School starts tomorrow for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students.
• is Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Water Works Park.
• will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Coble Park Sept. 10.
• The annual Revolutionary Camp and Living History event will take place from Sept. 10 to 11 in Skippack Village.
• St. Mary Day will kick off at noon Sunday, Sept. 11, with a Mass and will continue throughout the afternoon with games and music.

Today in History
From History.com
• Magellan’s expedition circumnavigates the globe (1522)
• President William McKinley is shot (1901)
• Princess Diana laid to rest (1997)

Born Today
• Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, found U.S. Lutheran church (1711)
• Jane Addams (1860)
• Vincent DiMaggio (1912)

Morning Song
• “59^th Street Bridge Song” (Simon and Garfunkel)

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