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The Daily Dose: The Cinco de Mayo Edition

The Daily Dose is a look at what you may have missed and what's coming up on St. Peters Patch. This is the May 5, 2011 edition.

It's Cinco de Mayo, everyone. Time to dust off all those Spanish words you learned in school and use them to impress your amigos.

While you're doing that, enjoy another edition of El Daily Dose.

In Case You Missed It

Find out what's happening in St. Petersfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • We platform yesterday. If you're interested in blogging,
  • The Fort Zumwalt South Β to St. Charles 2-1.
  • Ameristar Casino wants a

Coming Up

  • We'll have a report from the St. Peters Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.Β 
  • Our weekly weekend planner will make an appearance.Β 
  • The Francis Howell Board of Education will meet tonight at 7 p.m.

The Forecast

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Here's the weather outlook for today and Friday from theΒ National Weather Service.Β 

Thursday:Β Showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. South wind between 9 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent

Thursday night:Β 
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind between 5 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent

Friday:Β 
Sunny, with a high near 72. West wind between 6 and 9 mph.Β 

Friday night:Β 
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind around 7 mph.Β 

Did You Know?ο»Ώ

Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not the Mexican Indepedance Day. The day celebrates the Mexican army's unlikely military victory in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.Β 

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