Announcements for Thursday, February 2, 2012

1.     Today’s lunch is Popcorn Chicken assorted fruits and vegetables, and low-fat white or chocolate milk.

 

2.     On this day in 1847, the first woman of a group of pioneers commonly known as the Donner Party dies during the group's journey through a Sierra Nevada mountain pass. The disastrous trip west ended up killing 42 people and turned many of the survivors into cannibals.

 

3.     Rehearsal for Cinderella today is LEADS ONLY

 

4.     On February 2, 1876, the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, which comes to be more commonly known as the National League is formed. The American League was established in 1901 and in 1903, the first World Series was held.

 

5.     On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.