Daily Five: Dog Day Afternoon

1. Get to the river early today and you'll probably find some foggy conditions, but the sun should return to burn it off. A partly cloudy day overall with a high temperature of 70 degrees. Sunrise is 5:15 a.m., sunset is 8:23 p.m.

2. The meets tonight at 7 p.m. at the . Tonight’s agenda includes setting curricula, receiving legislation and establishing tuition for new magnet schools, and reviewing policy for recruitment and selection, student placement in schools, and dress code. Policy review begins with a at 6 p.m., and this meeting will also address the board’s bylaws.

3. It’s the final week of the “summer solstice sale” at . Buy one new vinyl record, get the second one for half off! The sale ends on Wednesday.

4. Speaking of things coming to an end, today is the last day you can choose your favorite pup picture in our . The winner is chosen by reader comments, and will receive the city’s #1 tag and head into a regional competition. We’ll announce the winner on Friday.

5. Adlai Stevenson I, who served as a congressman from Illinois and Vice President in Grover Cleveland’s administration, died on this day in 1914. He was 78 years old.

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