5 Things You Need to Know, May 22

Weather:

• After a stormy, rainy night, the weather today is predicted to be mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. High near 80 with a 40% chance of rain.  Sunrise is at 6:29 a.m. Scattered thunderstorms again tonight.

Gas Prices:

• Gas prices hold steady at $3.36 per gallon at the QuickTrip – 4900 Stone Mountain Highway. Before you head out for the day, check out check out our Commute Widget for live traffic updates and the latest gas prices around Lilburn!

Hollywood, Holiday & Observances:

• It’s the season finale for Dancing With the Stars - - The winner will be declared at 9 p.m. on ABC. Who did you choose?
• May 22 is National Maritime Day, so proclaimed by President George W. Bush in 2003 to honor the American Merchant Marine. The proclamation urges American citizens to fly the flag in honor and remembrance.
• On May 22, 1933, John Mackay and his wife claimed their first sighting of the Loch Ness Monster, “Nessie”. So let’s celebrate Swamp Monster Day! Not sure how to celebrate SMD except with pudding, because it coincidentally falls on Vanilla Pudding Day – which most of us only like if it is part of Banana Pudding.

School Things:

• to Kindergarten classes at Hopkins Elementary at 8:30 as part of the ReadMobile delivery.
• Baseball Semi-Finals at Providence at 1:00 due to the rain-out of yesterday’s 2nd game; and at Parkview at 5:00 p.m. if a 3rd game if needed.

 Lilburn Things:

• You may still register your monitoring system online.
• If you are planning to audition for Lilburn Idol, please get your application and registration in as final auditions are Thursday night.