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Daily Five: Fundraiser Faceoff

Five things to know for May 11

1. Some summery temperatures today, as sun and partial clouds heat things up to a 65 degree high. Sunrise is 5:34 a.m., sunset is 7:57 p.m.

2. It seems three fundraisers have wound up competing for your attention tonight. Your choices are the , starting at 6 p.m. at and benefiting Rotary Club programs, admission $30; , starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford to benefit the , , and with $35 admission; and , starting at 7 p.m. at the to benefit programs with $40 admission.

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3. offers one option for getting that Mother’s Day bouquet today. The college has a running from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today outside the Crozier-Williams Student Center.

4. All of these organizations added their events to our calendar. Keep our readers up to date on upcoming things to do by adding your own event! Yard sale notifications are welcome.

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5. Adolf Eichmann, a top Nazi official involved in the Holocaust, was captured by Mossad agents in Buenos Aires. Flown to Israel for a trial, Eichmann was hanged for his crimes in 1961. 

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