Morning Update 10/18/2011

What’s Happening Today
• Print out your IRON HILL GIVE 20 coupon to have 20 percent of the money spent on your Iron Hill Phoenixville meal the Community Music School. The promotion is between 5 and 10 p.m.

Check out more of today’s events.

Mark Your Calendars
• If you need your child’s car seat checked, call 610-584-1250 to make an appointment at the Pennsylvania State Police Skippack Barracks. Check taking place from 8 a.m. to noon.
• Submit your application for the by Oct. 28. (See entry form underneath the sunrise photo)
• Fall Fest is Oct. 22 from 1-3 p.m.
• The Skippack International Car Show is this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the village
• Schwenksville’s Halloween Parade is Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.  The parade route is along 2nd Avenue, concluding in the post office parking lot. Free food and entertainment. 

Today in History
From History.com
• U.S. takes possession of Alaska (1867)
• East Germany and Hungary move toward democracy (1989)
• Pipeline explosion kills 700 in Nigeria (1998)

Born Today
• Peter Boyle (1935)
• Terry McMillan (1951)
• Kjell Samuelsson (1958)

Morning Song
“We’re gonna do … the ‘Wake-Up Song’!” (“Space Ghost”)

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