Community Corner

Five Things for December 14

What's going on around town today.

  • Warminster's Zoning Committee meets tonight at the building at 7:30 p.m.
  • The Centennial transportation department is holding its annual Stuff a Bus food drive. Those interested in helping out can donate canned goods and non-perishable items to buses at stops along their routes, or bring them into any district school. The food drive ends Dec. 16.
  • The temperature is going to creep up to 50 today, the National Weather Service reports.
  • Mechanisms in place in Facebook's system and in Google's search engine have been installed that can look for suicidal messages and direct people to help, CNN reports. Facebook is encouraging its 800 million users to use a system the company created to flag suicidal or otherwise violent messages. If someone is posting unsettling photos or writing status updates about killing himself or herself, friends can click on a "report suicidal content" link.
  • On this day, December 14, 1903, the Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.


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