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5 Things You Need to Know Today: June 14

Here is a look at what's going on today around the Dexter area.

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

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts mostly sunny skies today, with a high near 79 degrees. Thursday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 55 degrees.

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2. Chelsea’s Outdoor Movie Season Begins

SRSLY Cinema is a free, outdoor movie series offered every Thursday night
during the summer. SRSLY Cinema will kick off its fourth season on Thursday, June 14, with “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.” Movies start at dusk on the lawn behind the clock tower in downtown Chelsea, following Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights. Each Thursday, a concession stand run as a fundraiser by various youth groups, will offer popcorn, snacks, and beverages. For more information, visit the SRSLY Cinema website.

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3. Boy Scout Rummage Sale

Boy Scout Troop 477 is hosting its annual rummage sale June 22-23 at in Dexter. If you have items to donate, you can drop them off at Creekside starting June 18.

4. Gas prices

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

  • $3.82 a gallon (regular), $3.63 (diesel), BP, 200 Baker Rd.
  • $3.79 a gallon (regular), $3.79 (diesel), , 2940 Baker Rd.
  • $3.84 a gallon (regular), $3.63 (diesel), , 195 Baker Rd.
  • $3.84 a gallon (regular), $3.63 (diesel), , 750 Baker Rd.
  • $3.89 a gallon (regular), $3.63 (diesel) BP, 8135 Main St.
  • $3.89 a gallon (regular), $4.19 (diesel), Mobil, 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. This day in history

June 14, 1922: On this day in 1922, President Warren G. Harding, while addressing a crowd at the dedication of a memorial site for the composer of the "Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key, becomes the first president to have his voice transmitted by radio. For more historic dates, visit www.history.com.


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