5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 20

The daily 5 has the weather forecast, gas prices, and some suggestions on how to spend your day.

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts today will be partly sunny, with a high near 75 degrees. Monday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 52 degrees.

2. Blood Drive at Dexter High School

A blood drive benefiting the American Red Cross will take place today from 1-7 p.m. at . Walk-ins are encouraged.

3. Drop-in Scrap Box Craft

Stop by the and create your own unique art sensation using a variety of library materials. The event is free and open to the public.

4. Gas prices

MichiganGasPrices.com reports the following gasoline prices in the Dexter area as of Sunday night:

• $3.84 a gallon (regular), $4.13 (diesel), BP, 200 Baker Rd.
• $4.09 a gallon (regular), $4.13 (diesel), , 2940 Baker Rd.
• $3.85 a gallon (regular), $4.13 (diesel), , 195 Baker Rd.
• $3.85 a gallon (regular), $4.13 (diesel), , 750 Baker Rd.
• $3.99 a gallon (regular), $3.51 (diesel) BP, 8135 Main St.
• $3.99 a gallon (regular), $4.19 (diesel), Mobil, 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. This day in history

Aug. 20, 1911: On this day in 1911, a dispatcher in the New York Times office sent the first telegram around the world via commercial service. Exactly 66 years later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration sent a different kind of message--a phonograph record containing information about Earth for extraterrestrial beings--shooting into space aboard the unmanned spacecraft Voyager II.