5 Things You Need To Know Today: Aug. 13

1) Newsbit of the Day: The Golf Tournament at Tedesco Country Club is today. Lunch is at 11:45 a.m. and the tournament shot gun is at 12:30 p.m. For more, call Dave Castellarin @ 781-596-8811.

2) Swampscott Scholars: Elise Knopf was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Hyman is enrolled in the university's College of Arts & Sciences.

3) Food For Thought:  It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. Mark Twain

4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is predicting patchy fog before 7 am, then patchy fog between 8 am and 9 am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 83.

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