Beautiful Week Ahead, PHS Alumni Band to Play, Blessing of the Animals

1. The Weather: It looks like another beautiful week is coming our way, with sunny or mostly sunny days through the end of the week according to the National Weather Service. Today will be sunny, with a high of about 76 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudily, with a low of about 61.

2. From history.com's This Day in History: "The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the navy's nuclear-propulsion program and began work on an atomic submarine. Regarded as a fanatic by his detractors, Rickover succeeded in developing and delivering the world's first nuclear submarine years ahead of schedule. In 1952, the Nautilus' keel was laid by President Harry S. Truman, and on January 21, 1954, first lady Mamie Eisenhower broke a bottle of champagne across its bow as it was launched into the Thames River at Groton, Connecticut. Commissioned on September 30, 1954, it first ran under nuclear power on the morning of January 17, 1955."

3. General John Stricker Middle School students get their fall pictures taken today … don't forget to smile!

Parents-teacher conferences will be held Wednesday, beginning at 5 p.m. Sign-up sheets were sent home with students on Sept. 26.

4. The Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts Alumni Band will join the school's marching band to play the Alma Mater at this Friday's homecoming game.

5. New Light Lutheran Church will hold a blessing of the animals at 5 p.m.Saturday at the church, 2120 Dundalk Ave.