Community Corner
Today's News Fast: July 11
What you need to know heading out the door: Free 7.11-ounce Slurpees will be available at all 7-Eleven stores through midnight today, the Chippewa Valley school board meets tonight and Pottermania starts this week.
- Make sure your air conditioner is in working order ladies and gents, because today will be partly sunny, with a high temperature near 91 degrees. There is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms for most of the day. Things will cool down a bit tonight with a low around 68 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
- To join the 7-Eleven birthday celebration, we're giving away two $10 gift cards to help quench your Slurpee thirst. To enter to win one of the gift cards, simply post your favorite Slurpee flavor, or flavor mix in the comments section of the "What's Your Slurpee? Share Your Flavor, Win a Gift Card!" article.
- This week kicks off Pottermania in the States, with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 premiering in theaters this Friday. Midnight showings are scheduled at almost every local theater () and we here at Macomb Patch urge you to get in the magical mood by hosting a Potter Party. Patch Editor Jenny Whalen shares her favorite wizard foods and recipes in this video. (Spoiler Alert: This video contains costumes and a fake British accent.)
- In recognition of Macomb Township's German roots, we bring you the German Word of the Day: gehören, meaning to belong to, is a verb pronounced [ge-her-en].
- The Chippewa Valley Board of Education's meeting is tonight at 6:30 in the Administration Building on Cass Avenue. Items on tonight's agenda include: new computer systems for the International Academy of Macomb and almost $2 million in technology purchases for the district's IP Video Solution project.
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