5 Things You Need to Know Today, 5/8

1) Today we'll have a chance of showers, mainly after 10am. It will be cloudy, with a high near 59. Tonight showers are likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. The low will be around 54. 

2) The 2012 golf season of the Ladies' 18-Hole League at will run each Tuesday from May 8 to September 25. The League welcomes all women with a current GHIN handicap index of 36.3 or less, and the handicap is to be kept current throughout the season. Women are asked to be at the clubhouse between 8 and 8:30am, and be ready to tee off by at least 8:50. Please first pay $3 at the League desk for the day's winnings, and then pay at the Club register. The fee to join the League is $20 per year, and carts are required at $12 per person. FCC members pay only the League and cart fees to play. Sign-up sheets are posted on the bulletin board in the hall by the Ladies' Room; please sign up by the Saturday before each Tuesday. For more information, please call the golf shop at 508-548-3211.

3) There's a workshop today for kids from 1-5pm at the . Learn how to build rustic fences and embellish them with wooden animal cutouts. The fence will be installed in the yard at the Art Center, and students will take home a unique wooden animal sculpture. This workshop, which is being held on a school Early Release Day, is appropriate for children ages 8 and up. To register, visit falmouthart.org or call 508-540-3304.

4) Falmouth Patch will be holding a live chat with Town Manager Julian Suso at 10:15am on Thursday, May 10. Got a question for Mr. Suso, but can't make it online for the chat? Just email your question now to emily.sussman@patch.com. The chat will be archived on Patch for perusal at your convenience!

5) This day in history: V-E day is celebrated in America and Britain (1945); the Soviets announce a boycott of the Los Angeles Olympics (1984); and Betty White becomes the oldest Saturday Night Live host (2010).