Morning Update 09/19/2011

What’s Happening Today
• There's a Zumba fitness session at at 6:30 p.m. Participants may attend one week, or several.
• There's a from 7 to 8 p.m. at South
• Archdiocesan high school teachers are expected to vote on whether or not to accept the tentative contract.

Mark Your Calendars
• Cub Scout Pack 105 is holding an ice cream social for recruiting Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at .
• Trappe Community Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at Water Works Park.
• St. Eleanor’s Parish is holding a Centennial Youth Event Sunday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon and then 2 to 5 p.m.
• A Zumbathon in memory of will take place Saturday, Sept. 24 at Christ’s Church of the Valley in Royersford. The event runs from 9 a.m. until noon. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by emailing zumbaforgabby@gmail.com. Proceeds will benefit the Vogel family.
• The Perkiomen Township Fire Company is hosting its first-ever Oktoberfest Saturday, Sept. 24, from 7 to 10 p.m.
There will be a home brew competition. Entrants dropping off beers (2 12-ounce bottles for classes and at least one gallon to be considered for the People’s Choice award) at satellite locations must submit brews by Sept. 21.
The event includes music, food and samples from local breweries.
Admission is $25, and $15 for designated drivers. Visit here for more information.

Today in History
From History.com
• President James Garfield dies of gunshot wounds (1881)
• New Zealand first ever in women’s vote (1893)
• Nevada is the site of the first-ever underground nuclear explosion (1957)

Born Today
• Jeremy Irons (1948)
• “Mama” Cass Elliot (1941)
• Adam West (1928)

Morning Song
 “Beautiful Day” (U2)

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