5 THINGS: Blood, Tours and Rick Pitino

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Tuesday, September 18, 2012:

BLOOD! The Rhode Island Blood Center is hosting blood drives from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today in the atriums of the University of Rhode Island Memorial Union.

How delicious! There is a farmers’ market at Marina Park from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

How pretty! Tours of URI’s botanical gardens are available at 5 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $5.

“Vote early and vote often.” – Al Capone. Here are today’s government meetings:

• The Narragansett Planning Board meets at 6 p.m.
• The Towers Committee meets at 7 p.m. at the Towers.

Oh no! Maybe there seriously aren’t that many events beyond school sports today, given that it’s World Water Monitoring Day. As a result, our events calendar for today is a bit barren. If you’re having an event, please let us know in the comments. Also, make sure it isn’t left out in the future – Submit it via this link (as long as you’re logged into your Patch account).

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Ouch! On this day in 1895, Daniel David Palmer gave the first chiropractic exam. If you think he then became addicted to love, you’re wrong, because that’s Robert Palmer. (Duh.)

He would still like to apologize for that indiscretion nine years ago. Happy 60^th birthday to Rick Pitino!

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