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Five Things You Need To Know Today, June 1

Votes earn an orchard at Spence Farm; golf balls to fall from the sky.

 

Here are five things you need to know today:

 

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1)  Lots of blue sky today – enjoy it:  The National Weather Service forecasts lots of sun today. The temperature should fall a bit from recent days into the low 70s. For the weekend:  showers Saturday and a 40 percent chance of showers Sunday.

2)  Orchard alert:  The city racked up enough votes in the Edy’s Communities Take Root program to get an orchard at Spence Farm. Be sure to read the story for details.

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3)  Fore!  Ever seen a golf ball fly:  without being hit by a club? Mission of Deeds will hold its annual golf ball drop Monday morning at the Woburn Country Club. The numbered golf ball that ends up nearest to a specific hole after being dropped from the sky will win its owner half the proceeds from the drop. Last year’s winner collected almost $3,000. Buy your golf ball ($10 each) today by 4 p.m. at the Mission of Deeds office in Reading, at 6 Chapin St. (they open at 9 a.m.), or between 7 and 7:30 Monday morning at the country club. The organization, started in Woburn, helps people in need to set up an apartment with furniture and other supplies. 

4)  Vroom, Vroom:   Rev your engine, be it a Harley or a Honda tomorrow, Saturday, June 2, for the fifth annual Shannon’s Run to raise awareness about domestic violence. Bikers and drivers wind up the scenic North Shore and back, rain or shine.  The event commemorates Woburn resident Shannon Lee Meara, who was killed in an act of domestic violence. Register from 9 to 10:45 a.m. at the Sons of Italy at 168 Lexington St. Kickstands up at 11. Donation of $20 includes the ride and a cookout at the sons of Italy after the ride. Tickets or questions:  781-933-1775.

5)  She lived, wrote, “Out of the Dark:” Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf from an illness when she was 19 months old, died on this date in 1968 at the age of 88. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, arranged for Anne Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher at the Perkins institution for the Blind in Boston, to teach Helen, when Helen was 6. Keller graduated cum laude from Radcilffe College and became an author and international lecturer.

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