Five Things You Need To Know Today, April 25

Here are five things you need to know today:

1) Some clouds: We may see a little rain today, likely after 11 a.m. The National Weather Service expects clouds, and some rain again tonight after dark. But it's only a 20 percent chance of precipitation, so maybe it'll miss us!

2) Safe steps: New England Rehabilitation is offering Safe Steps today, starting at 10 a.m. Call ahead and request a free 15-minute screening to help you understand your personal risk of falling, and how to avoid it.  

3) Event Spotlight: A five-week starts today at Horn Pond! The class, sponsored by Winchester Hospital, will be held on Wednesdays between April 25 and May 23. Class starts at 9:30 a.m. and is $40 per participant.

4) In Case You Missed It: A super model visited Woburn this weekend! Plus-size model Emme, known worldwide as someone breaking through society's barriers of beautiful women being thin. Read about Emme's visit to our city here.

5) Soviets write to American student: On this day in 1983, Soviet leader Yuri Andropov sent a letter to fifth-grader Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine. Students sent letters to many foreign leaders as school assignments, but Andropov chose to write back to Samantha personally. The letter promoted Soviet way of life and said that the country would not be the first to use a nuclear weapon against another country. He even invited Samantha to a three-week tour of Russia, which the fifth-grader accepted. Andropov died a year later, and Samantha Smith, then 13, was killed in a plane crash in 1985.

To find out what is going on today in Woburn, check out our events listings.