Five Things To Know Today: Aug. 20

Weather: Thiere will be a chance of showers all day with high temperatures nearing 78 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

1. Get going this morning. Spinning with Diana at the ABC Studio at Four Corners Fitness gets rolling at 9:15 a.m. and costs $15.

2. Want to move more but have trouble getting started? Jen Meyer, ACSM Certified Personal Trainer & Yoga Instructor provides an individualized adaptive exercise program to get you moving again. The program focuses on gentle strength training, balance & flexibility. Each individual will work within their comfort level, as this program is adapted your your own individual needs.

3. Play Stump Trivia at Wally's Tap House on Monday nights! Bring some friends and grab some food and a drink! If you've played Stump Trivia, you know just how awesome our game structure is and there are prizes for the top two teams of the night.

Game starts around 8 p.m., so get there a little early to get a good seat!

4. Local government: Today's meeting of the Tiverton Open Space Commission is canceled. Tiverton's Wastewater Management Commission will meet at 5 p.m. at the Community Center, 346 Judson St. 

In Little Compton, Probate Court will be held today at 2 p.m. in council chambers at the Town Hall, 40 Commons.

5. On this day in 1911, a dispatcher in the New York Times office sends the first telegram around the world via commercial service. Exactly 66 years later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sends a different kind of message - a phonograph record containing information about Earth for extraterrestrial beings - shooting into space aboard the unmanned spacecraft Voyager II.