Daily Five: Renee Montgomery, School Budget

1. It should rain until 10 this morning, with a high of 47 for today, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, the rain should resume, with a low around 42, according to the service.

2. Tonight at 7 in is the second and final budget workshop by the Board of Education The group will hear budget presentations from administrators on special education, all three elementary schools, the middle school and the high school, along with presentations on the proposed budgets for athletics and buildings and grounds. The Board has encouraged the public to attend.

At the budget workshop last Thursday, Superintendent Jerome Belair proposed bringing while not

3. Good news for Husky fans, will visit the on Wednesday, Jan. 18 for a Reading Time-Out as part of the WNBA’s Read to Achieve program.

Montgomery will be reading to local youth from 4 to 5 p.m. in the children’s area as well as promoting the importance of reading both in life and basketball. All ages are welcome at the event.

Montgomery helped lead UConn to a national championship in 2009.

4. Tonight, the Conservation Commission meets again to continue deliberations on three noteworthy items: , Kobyluck Brothers LLC’s and continued talks with O & G Industries after they were served a third violation . The meeting is at 7 inside

5. On this date in 2010, the Haiti earthquake strikes capital Port-au-Prince, killing an estimated 316,000 people and destroying the city. And on this date in 1991, the U.S. Congress approves the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

Quote of the Day

“I am a part of everything I have read.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

Trivia of the Day

Which conservative commenter who admitted in 2003 he had an addiction to oxycodone and hydrocodone turns 61 today?

Yesterday’s Answer: On Monday Nick Saban became the first football coach to win three BCS National Championships.