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5 Useful Things To Know Today: Dec. 8

Five things to help you through your Thursday.

1. Luckily, after tons of rain and dropping temperatures, we missed out on any snow last night. Today's temperatures will still be cold -- high of 43 degrees -- it won't be anywhere near as wet out today. Expect lots of sun and a little wind.

2. Starting today at 11 a.m. at Lakewood Country Club, with other entrepreneurs and professionals interested in accelerating the growth of their businesses.

3. Be sure to vote for our first high school winter season Game of the Week! Nominees include boys and girls basketball from and as well as Wootton's varsity ice hockey team. Voting is open through Friday, Dec. 9.

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4. In case you missed it: in the laundry room of an apartment building shortly after 9:30 Wednesday morning on Quince Orchard Boulevard.

5. On this day in history: The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio in 1886. John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan in 1980.

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