Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 8

We've got weather updates, gas prices and a few suggestions on how to spend your day.

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts a 30 percent chance of snow showers after noon, with partly sunny skies and a high near 35 degrees. Tonight there is a 50 percent chance of snow, cloudy with a low around 26 degrees.

2. Parent information series: Surviving Adolescence

Presented by Anne Kramer from the University of Michigan's Depression Center, this presentation will focus on depression in young children. The event takes place at from 7-8:30 p.m.

3. St. Andrew's Piece-makers quilt group meets

The meet from 9-11 a.m. every Thursday at in Dexter. The group is always looking for new members who have an interest in quilting. For more information about the Piece-makers, e-mail Elaine Owsley at efowsley@earthlink.net.

4. Gas prices

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

• $3.18 a gallon, BP, 200 Baker Rd.
• $3.19 a gallon, , 195 Baker Rd.
• $3.19 a gallon, , 750 Baker Rd.
• $3.29 a gallon, , 8135 Main St.
• $3.29 a gallon, , 7177 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd.
• $3.45 a gallon, , 2940 Baker Rd.

5. This day in history:

Dec. 8, 1980: John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman, an obsessed fan in New York City. Lennon was entering his Manhattan apartment building when Chapman shot him four times at close range with a .38-caliber revolver.