5 Things You Need to Know Today, June 1

Today is Friday, June 1. Here are five things to know today in Peabody.

1. It's National Donut Day! If you stop into any Dunkin' Donuts, you can snag yourself a free donut, provided you buy a drink, of course.
2. This is the big day for the Class of 2012 -- commencement is this evening, starting at 5 p.m.
3. Playoffs: Bishop Fenwick baseball defeated Newburyport in a close one yesterday, 6-5 in nine innings. The Crusaders now move to the quarterfinals Monday to play the winner of Saturday's Whittier/Watertown game. Fenwick girls' lacrosse was bumped from the postseason yesterday, however, losing to Wayland, 13-7, in the quarterfinals. Girls' tennis tatkes on North Reading today at Fenwick (3:30 p.m.) For Peabody High, the softball club lost out to Andover, 5-3, in a preliminary round game yesterday. Both baseball and girls' tennis play tomorrow -- baseball at home (4 p.m.) vs. the winner of tonight's Waltham/Lynn English game and tennis at Andover (3:30 p.m.).
4. down at the Brown School.
5. Poker rally at MINI: On Sunday, MINI of Peabody will be celebrating spring with its seventh-annual Poker Rally. You have to own a MINI to compete for the prizes though. Registration starts at 8 a.m. on Sunday, rally participants take off at 8:45 a.m. and return to the dealership at around 10 a.m. for brunch. Contestants will stop at four checkpoints around the North Shore, picking up a playing card at each location, with a fifth card being given out to participants at MINI of Peabody. The person with the best hand at the end of the event wins the grand prize, while the second- and third-place finishers also take home gifts.