Morning Update 09/26/2011

What’s Happening Today
• The Perkiomen Valley School Board will hold another meeting at Monday, Sept. 26. There will be a tour of the building at 6:30 p.m., followed by a meeting around 7 p.m. The discussion will include the building’s current state and possible improvements.
• kicks off at 6 a.m.

Mark Your Calendars
• Skippack Days will be held the weekend of Oct. 1 and 2; the Revolutionary War encampment will take place Oct. 8 and 9.
• is hosting a Fire Prevention Open House Oct. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
• Trappe Community Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, at Water Works Park.

Today in History
From History.com
• Drake circumnavigates the globe (1580)
• Daniel Boone dies in Missouri (1820)
• First Kennedy-Nixon debate (1960)

Born Today
• T.S. Eliot  (1888)
• Winnie Mandela-Madikzela (1934)
• Olivia Newton-John (1948)
• Shawn Stockman (1972)
• Katie Kauffman (1974)

Morning Song
“Woke Up This Morning” (Alabama 3)
Yes, “The Sopranos” theme song

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